Charles Mills Quotes on Politics
Charles Mills was a Jamaican-American philosopher, distinguished professor at the City University of New York, and one of the most original political philosophers of his generation. This page collects quotes attributed to Charles Mills on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Charles Mills:
“The social contract has always been a racial contract.”
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Attributed to Charles Mills:
“Liberal political philosophy is a moral apartheid kept in place by the abstraction from history.”
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Attributed to Charles Mills:
“Whiteness is not a color but a political settlement.”
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Attributed to Charles Mills:
“Justice begins in the recognition of the actual injustices of the actual world.”
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Attributed to Charles Mills:
“Political philosophy must be reconciled with political reality, or it ceases to be political.”
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“Used by schools including Brigham Young University, Delaware State University, Tennessee State University, Keene State College, and Oakland City College. [ 5 ]”
Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind.