Buddhist Studies developed alongside the rise of racial sciences and the colonization of so-called “heathen” bodies, lands, and resources. Colonialism, race, and racialization have constituted the ways “real” Buddhism is positioned against “Other” Buddhisms. In this article, I provide an overview of scholarship on Buddhism and race in the United States. Racial whiteness has been constitutive of normative understandings of Buddhism. White normative understandings of religion have also impacted the religious and racial subjectivities of minoritized Buddhists in the United States. If we are to provincialize white religious and racial categories, I argue we must prioritize the religious and racial subjectivities of Asian American and other racialized Buddhists.

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美国的佛教与种族

佛教研究随着种族科学的兴起以及所谓的“异教徒”身体、土地和资源的殖民化而发展。殖民主义、种族和种族化构成了“真正的”佛教与“其他”佛教相对立的方式。在本文中，我概述了美国的佛教和种族奖学金。种族白人一直构成对佛教的规范理解。白人对宗教的规范性理解也影响了美国少数佛教徒的宗教和种族主体性。如果我们要将白人宗教和种族分类地域化，我认为我们必须优先考虑亚裔美国人和其他种族化佛教徒的宗教和种族主观性。