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Hendricks, Fred. "Ethnicity and Race: Africa." New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed.
Maryanne Cline Horowitz. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 713-716. Student
Resources in Context. Web. 20 Nov. 2014
Hendricks explains that there is an abiding paradox in the concept of race. The instrument
use of race is convenient to attain political and economics.
Ethnicity plays a large role in Africa. Ethiopia and South Africa are on completely
different poles
Winant, Howard. "Race and Racism: Overview." New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed.
Maryanne Cline Horowitz. Vol. 5. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 1987-1989. Student
Resources in Context. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
Winant explains the simplicity of race. He says There is no such thing as race, just the
human race. People tend to confuse the true meaning of race. It can be understood as a concept
that symbolizes sociopolitical conflicts to different human bodies.
Winant also describes how racism is so large that no definition can compass all its
varieties. Racism has now developed from domination to hegemony.