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Summary
If, as W. E. B. Du Bois observed, the problem of the twentieth century was the problem of the color line, the problem of the twenty-first century may be one that reaches back to premodernity: religious identity. Even before 9/11 it was becoming evident that Muslims, not blacks, were perceived as the "other" most threatening to Western society, even in a relatively pluralist nation such as Britain. In Multcultural Politics, one of the most respected thinkers on ethnic minority experience in England describes how what began as a black-white division has been complicated by cultural racism, Islamophobia, and a challenge to secular modernity. Tariq Modood explores the tensions that have risen among advocates of multiculturalism as Muslims assert themselves to catch up with existing equality agendas while challenging some of the secularist, liberal, and feminist assumptions of multiculturalists. If an Islam-West divide is to be avoided in our time, Modood suggests, then Britain, with its relatively successful ethnic pluralism and its easygoing attitude toward religion, will provide a particularly revealing case and promising site for understanding.
Summary
If, as W. E. B. Du Bois observed, the problem of the twentieth century was the problem of the color line, the problem of the twenty-first century may be one that reaches back to premodernity: religious identity. Even before 9/11 it was becoming evident that Muslims, not blacks, were perceived as the "other" most threatening to Western society, even in a relatively pluralist nation such as Britain. In Multcultural Politics, one of the most respected thinkers on ethnic minority experience in England describes how what began as a black-white division has been complicated by cultural racism, Islamophobia, and a challenge to secular modernity. Tariq Modood explores the tensions that have risen among advocates of multiculturalism as Muslims assert themselves to catch up with existing equality agendas while challenging some of the secularist, liberal, and feminist assumptions of multiculturalists. If an Islam-West divide is to be avoided in our time, Modood suggests, then Britain, with its relatively successful ethnic pluralism and its easygoing attitude toward religion, will provide a particularly revealing case and promising site for understanding.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introduction: Racism, Asian Muslims, and the Politics of Difference | p. 1 |
| Part I Racisms, Disadvantage, and Upward Mobility | |
| 1 "Difference," Cultural Racism, and Antiracism | p. 27 |
| 2 If Races Do Not Exist, Then What Does? Racial Categorization and Ethnic Realities | p. 46 |
| 3 Ethnic Diversity and Racial Disadvantage in Employment | p. 60 |
| 4 Ethnic Differentials in Educational Performance | p. 82 |
| Part II The Muslim Challenge | |
| 5 Reflections on the Rushdie Affair: Muslims, Race, and Equality in Britain | p. 103 |
| 6 Muslims, Incitement to Hatred, and the Law | p. 113 |
| 7 Multiculturalism, Secularism, and the State | p. 131 |
| 8 Muslims and the Politics of Multiculturalism | p. 151 |
| 9 Rethinking Multiculturalism and Liberalism | p. 171 |
| Conclusion: Plural Britishness | p. 185 |
| Notes | p. 211 |
| Bibliography | p. 219 |
| Previous Publications | p. 233 |
| Index | p. 235 |
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introduction: Racism, Asian Muslims, and the Politics of Difference | p. 1 |
| Part I Racisms, Disadvantage, and Upward Mobility | |
| 1 "Difference," Cultural Racism, and Antiracism | p. 27 |
| 2 If Races Do Not Exist, Then What Does? Racial Categorization and Ethnic Realities | p. 46 |
| 3 Ethnic Diversity and Racial Disadvantage in Employment | p. 60 |
| 4 Ethnic Differentials in Educational Performance | p. 82 |
| Part II The Muslim Challenge | |
| 5 Reflections on the Rushdie Affair: Muslims, Race, and Equality in Britain | p. 103 |
| 6 Muslims, Incitement to Hatred, and the Law | p. 113 |
| 7 Multiculturalism, Secularism, and the State | p. 131 |
| 8 Muslims and the Politics of Multiculturalism | p. 151 |
| 9 Rethinking Multiculturalism and Liberalism | p. 171 |
| Conclusion: Plural Britishness | p. 185 |
| Notes | p. 211 |
| Bibliography | p. 219 |
| Previous Publications | p. 233 |
| Index | p. 235 |