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Abstract: Division by place affects the possibilities for racial unity, especially in fragmented U.S. metropolitan areas. The "institute process” as a strategy could overcome challenges that place-based action poses for racial unity. Notes: Article mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/222. See also the complete issue [PDF]. |
Race, Place, and Clusters:
Current Vision and Possible Strategies
by June Manning Thomas
published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 27:3, pages 85-114Ottawa: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2017
About: This paper considers how division by place affects the possibilities for racial unity, especially in severely fragmented US metropolitan areas. It reviews how the Universal House of Justice has promoted use of the institute process as a way of framing action in places such as neighborhoods and villages. We also consider the challenges that place-based action poses for racial unity and suggest how the “institute process” as a strategy could possibly overcome these, especially in places—such as metropolitan Detroit—that are severely segregated by race.
Download: thomas_race_place_clusters.pdf.
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