of racial disparity. Race's enhanced deflation throughout modern sociocultural scenery, a racialization of ethno-nationalist disputes, anthropology's numerous antiracism traditions, and intranational and worldwide differences throughout racial constructions, like whiteness's historically disregarded configurations, have all been the subject of new research. Harrison, I. E., & Harrison, F. V. (Eds.). (1999). African-American Pioneers in Anthropology. University of Illinois Press. A notable collection of intellectual biographies is the first to look at the lives of thirteen early African-American scholars who became anthropologists between 1920 and 1955, highlighting both the achievements as well as the overall problems that were mostly implicit and sometimes overt racism of the day. This book describes not only their careers within and outside of anthropology but also the theories and methods they used and created. Those interested with African-American studies and biography, and otherwise anthropology, would like this compilation. Harrison, F. V. (2008). Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age. University of Illinois Press. Outsider Within presents the way towards carefully reconstructing anthropology in aims to discuss gender and race problems in a timely manner. Faye V. Harrison's nine key improvements to the profession include studying in an ethical and politically precise fashion, encouraging wider variety throughout the profession, rethinking concept, and contributing to such a meaningful international discourse. Harrison examines the constraints as well as possibilities of anthropology first from perspectives of an African American woman, relying on parts prepared over her illustrious twenty-five-year tenure in Caribbean and African American studies. She also sees commonalities between individuals regardless their social, cultural, and ideological differences. Harrison urges anthropologists of various climatic, cultural, and national backgrounds to communicate in overcoming evident gender, ethnic, and national barriers in order to participate in dialogue. Reception Harrison and other decolonialist anthropologists have begun to receive criticism. Peter Pels, an anthropologist whose research focuses on colonized peoples, wrote that anthropology should not be decolonized. He also wrote that the efforts of decolonial anthropologists of his and Harrison's generation amounted to the same work as had been done under post-colonial anthropology. He believes that full decolonization of anthropology could lead to future anthropologists repeating the scientific racism of the past. He also criticizes decolonial anthropology for forgetting a central idea of decolonization, that it is impossible to avoid thought shaped by European norms. References American anthropologists Living people University of Illinois faculty American anti-racism activists American women anthropologists 1951 births 21st-century American women scientists