内容摘要： 本文回顾了一些美国种族研究领域中最著名的书籍并且找到了它们共同的假设：种族不平等是美国阶层划分的主要原则；自从民权时代以来该原则发生了变化但并没有被削弱；它可以用白人中大多数的种族主义倾向解释，这是一个维护其支配地位的集体的、战略的行为；最后，在世界各地，种族支配同样起到了相似的、至关重要的作用。我探索了为把这些假设落实在坚实的经验和理论基础上所需要回答的问题，并给出相应的研究议程概要。本文提供一些实证证据以质疑种族在世界各地占支配地位的假设，这样的假设与政治不平等的关联更甚于与种族分裂的关联。

Abstract: This article reviews some of the most prominent books in the field of race studies in the USA and identifies their shared assumptions: that racial inequality is the primary principle of stratification in the USA; that is has transformed but not lessened since the civil rights era; that it can be explained by the racist inclinations of the white majority, which operates as a collective, strategic actor to preserve its dominance; and finally, that racial domination plays a similarly crucial role around the world. I explore what kind of questions would need to be answered in order to put these assumptions on firmer empirical and theoretical ground and outline a corresponding research agenda. Some empirical evidence is provided to question the assumption that race plays a dominant role around the world and is associated with more political inequality than ethnic divisions.

作者：Andreas Wimmer(著), 周学文(译)

来源： 《：Ethnic and Racial Studies》 2015年 第13期