Cross-posted at my other blog, Seminario Permanente de Teoría y Crítica:
In her Declarations of Whiteness: The Non-Performativity of Anti-Racism, Sara Ahmed argues that while race may be performative (being an effect of racialization), anti-racism may not be. That is, saying in the case of anti-racism may not be equivalent to doing.
I am glad to hear this for my own reasons, namely, that I am tired of hearing white people beat their breasts about how anti-racist they are, and then wincing as I watch them act. Sometimes it even seems to me that they have honed their anti-racist rhetoric primarily so as to compete in debates with other white people. I am actually more comfortable with the mirror image of this situation: seeing people behave decently, even when I know their ideas are not one hundred percent advanced.
There is a great deal more to the article, however, and it is worth reading.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 
Thanks for posting this.
You may want to report to the Simon Wiesenhtal museum (www.wiesenhtal.com) for promoting crimes against humanity, racism, anti-semitism and genocide. Associated institutions may serve the same fateful purpose. Kindest,
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??? Non capisco. Report whom? –Z
Mamma mia; I thought whiteness meant something different. Still an issue, is it not?
Thank you for your post, Prof.