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How long does it take to read The Racial Contract?

Charles W. Mills

The Racial Contract by Charles W. Mills takes about 3 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 20 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1997. 182 pages, about 50,050 words.

7 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 34 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 20 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 5 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Argues that racially structured discrimination is the norm by using social contract theory.

Subjects: Race relations, White supremacy movements, Political science, Philosophy, Social contract, Racism

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