https://classletters.org/authors/walter-benn-michaels/Recent content in Walter Benn Michaels on Class LettersHugoen-usWed, 29 Mar 2023 10:59:16 +0000https://classletters.org/posts/walter-benn-michaels/geneology-race-into-culture/Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:59:16 +0000https://classletters.org/posts/walter-benn-michaels/geneology-race-into-culture/<p>Due to the prolific number of footnotes that Michael&rsquo;s article contains, the essay will simply be linked to here. It is an important walk through the trajectories that various essentialist concepts have taken in the course of modern Northern American history. What surprised me most was this quasi-progess &mdash; where it appears that the concept of race has been disposed of, it&rsquo;s kernel is carried over into a different, yet sadly, familial form.</p>