My writing and courses centrally involve making room for those whose voices have been suppressed historically and who often cast the most light on the decent changes that need to occur. My courses challenge the notion that “white” people and any other people have an “interest” in racisms (as bad in Saudi Arabia toward Pakistani immigrants and Shia or among Chinese toward Tibetans as here) and sexisms, and thus, views of status like Max Weber’s/American political science, as well as “Whiteness” and belligerent “Maleness” historically of much of the international relations, sociology, and comparative politics disciplines and, American elite politics.
What democracy means is a system of government that upholds the basic human rights of each individual, starting with the long ignored voices of blacks, chicanos and indigenous people, particularly women. I teach and write on the theory and practice of democracy and the great possibilities of mass nonviolent movements for justice in our current age.
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