A Particular Line of Reasoning: How Plato and Aristotle Fashioned Our Concepts of Race

This book identifies the mythological and philosophical origin of race consciousness in Plato and Aristotle. It demonstrates how myth and philosophy are interwoven in the American mind-set. It provides an in depth analysis of the morphing of racism through time as particular lines of reasoning on religion, politics, and law converge into a world view; it answers the sociological question why contemporary race and ethnic minority statistical descriptions don’t change.