Theory of Racelessness: A Case for Antirace(ism) — Review

On the website Free Black Thought, Dr. Sheena Mason published an article titled “Theory of Racelessness: A Case for Antirace(ism).” Mason’s thesis is simple: To eliminate racism, we must eliminate the concept of race itself. The article is based on Mason’s book Theory of Racelessness: A Case for Antirace(ism) (African American Philosophy and the African Diaspora). In her article, Mason challenges the status quo and “presents a skeptical eliminativist philosophy of race and racism that results in her signature ‘theory of racelessness.’” In this post, I’ll review Dr. Mason’s Theory of Racelessness as outlined in the article and explore its compatibility with the Christian framework for race.

Summary of Mason’s Theory of Racelessness

Mason’s Theory of Racelessness is grounded in the controversial claim that we should be skeptical of ideologies that center race because human beings are, in fact, raceless. Given that most sociologists agree that race is a…