Whiteness, Fair Play, and Reparation: Toward A Political Inroad

by Joseph Frigault

Overview

Focused on some of the most conspicuous forms of social, psychological, and ideological resistance to the very idea of reparations, Whiteness, Fair Play, and Reparation develops a new fairness-based argument designed to help sensitize opponents to the force of more familiar calls for racial redress. Drawing on a range of empirical literature on whites’ attitudes toward race-conscious policy, and related sociological analyses of the white moral imagination, the book argues that the lens of "fair play" can help provide socially and morally threatened whites with a psychologically viable route toward appreciating their personal enmeshment within structures of racial hierarchy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031937682
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	07/26/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	587 KB

About the Author

Joseph Frigault is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Entering the Fray.- 2. Reparations and the Problem of Whiteness.- 3. Fair Play and Political Responsibility.- 4. Fair Play and Reparative Justice.- 5. Three Alternative Approaches.- 6. Fair Play as Political Inroad.- 7. Conclusion: Clearing Ground.

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From the Publisher

“Drawing from historical and contemporary thinkers across the humanities and social sciences, Frigault takes an in-depth look at the philosophical and psychological underpinnings of pro-reparation and anti-reparation arguments. This timely and original contribution to a crucial debate is a must-read for anyone concerned with fairness, justice, (anti)racism, or the American experiment.” (Leland Harper, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Siena Heights University, USA)