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Cecil Foster presents a rigorous interdisciplinary analysis of blackness by challenging existing notions of blackness and arguing for the viability of a multicultural world. In Blackness and Modernity Foster traces the main philosophical, anthropological, sociological, and mythological arguments that support views of modernity as a failed quest for whiteness. He outlines how these views were implemented as part of a "world history" and shows how Canada became the first country to officially reject this approach by adopting multiculturalism. Blackness and Modernity presents four categories for...

While many modern societies are noted for their diversity, the resulting challenge is to determine how citizens from different backgrounds and cultures can see themselves and each other as equals, and be treated equally. In Genuine Multiculturalism, Cecil Foster shows that a society's failure to bridge these differences is the tragedy of modern living and that pretending it is possible to mechanically develop fraternity and solidarity among diverse groups is akin to seeking out comedy. Arguing that genuine multiculturalism is the search for social justice by individuals who have been trapped...

Presents an analysis of blackness by challenging notions of blackness and arguing for the viability of a multicultural world. This work traces the main philosophical, anthropological, sociological, and mythological arguments that support views of modernity as a failed quest for whiteness.

Cecil Foster was born in Michigan in 1925, and endured economic and emotional hardship during his youth. He joined the Army Air Force in 1943 as a private, and retired in 1975 as a lieutenant colonel. A focus of this work is his career in the Korean War, where he was a highest-scoring ace.