Racial Capitalism: Racialization and Stigmatization

The concept of Racial Capitalism articulated by Robinson in 1983 has been widely adopted: capitalism has fundamentally relied on the exploitation of marginalized racial minorities. Bhattacharyya expanded this idea to argue that racialized exclusion varied over time and space. In this session we propose to examine the impact of racialization on stigmatization that excludes people from mainstream society. Those excluded may range over various activities identifying them as potential criminals. Employing a critical criminology perspective. we consider if the problems lie not in those stigmatized but in the framework of racialized capitalist norms. By reflecting on the various practices in contemporary Japan, China, South Africa and the United States we demonstrate the impact of racial capitalism on social outcomes.

Titles and Speakers

1. Critical criminology, racial capitalism, stigma: The cannabis issue across Japan and the United States

Yamaguchi Takashi, Teikyo University and Yamamoto Nao, Bukkyo University

2. Stigmatized Sexual Bodies under the Adult Gaze: Peer Knowledge and Minors’ Sexual Embodiment in China’s Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Zhou Xiao, University of Tsukuba

3. Stigma, Criminalization and Drug Use among LGBTQ People in Japan

Yoshida Midori, Aichi University of Education

4. The Stigmatization of the HIV-infected in 1980's Japan

Tomiaki Yamada, NPO Institute of Social Theory and Dynamics

5. Excluded from Work, Criminalised for Working: Sex Work Under Racial Capitalism In Neoliberal South Africa

Nabeelah Fife, Stellenbosh University

6. From Exclusion to Erasure: Black Women's Voice-Centered Leadership In Higher Education

Anita Bledsoe-Gardner, Johnson C. Smith University