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Modernity is linked to genocide through the idea that groups seen as hindering progress need to be eliminated. European settlers viewed Indigenous Australians as backwards and preventing modern European civilization, so sought to eliminate them. Similarly, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge believed Western influences in Cambodia prevented progress, so they eliminated those groups to create a fresh start for their society. While modernity preaches progress, genocide shows how the idea has also been used to justify the murder of innocent people when they are viewed as preventing the advancement of a group or nation.
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Racism has always been part of the history of human beings. For a long time, societies
have always defined their superiority on the basis of their distinctive physical characteristics as
well as their languages and religions. There are many instances where those practicing racism do
not even know that they are nurturing as well as propagating prejudice. They see it as a normal
way of life, and they may not understand that they are hurting or even inhibiting the progress of
others (Gallego & Pardos-Prado, 2014).
The feudalism and slavery of the middle-ages were some of the unfortunate consequences
of the earlier forms of racism. There have also been several genocides which have been informed
by the urge to eliminate those other people who may not look like the dominant tribe or society.
Indeed, even the Second World War was in part informed by racism. One particular instance is
the one where the Nazi Germany sought to eliminate the Jews living in Europe in what came to
be known as the Holocaust.
There have also been many instances where individuals of darker skin tones have been
regarded as being inferior to the Whites. This has been witnessed in England, Germany, and even
in the United States. In Africa itself, people like Nelson Mandela were incarcerated for such a
long time since the governing regime viewed the members of the Black community as inferior,
untalented, as well as extremely violence. The challenge is that when people are fighting such
oppressions, they tend to engage in acts which may be defined as terrorism. This reinforces the
belief that, indeed, the individuals being oppressed are violent and uncivilized (Aghababaei &
Tabik, 2013).
Racism continues since after a while, such lines of binaries as ‘Blacks’ and ‘Whites’ as
well as the ‘civilized’ and the ‘uncivilized’ tend to get more pronounced. Some people feel
superior to others, and some of those who are considered to be inferior accept that definition.
This means that even as they fight to be recognized, they still feel as if they cannot reach a
certain level and become appreciated like everyone else. There are multiple reasons why racism
persists, and these include the history of the society or the community in question (Gallego &
Pardos-Prado, 2014).
History acts as the guide upon which most people gauge their actions. It is though those
accounts that future actions can be defined and executed. This means that if the predecessors
ever made mistakes, then these mistakes get reinforced and the kind of humiliation and torture is
continued for a long time. For instance, while Holocaust is widely thought to be a creation of
Adolf Hitler, the fact is that Western European cultures have ha ...
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The document discusses the term "The Black Holocaust" and its meaning and controversy. It refers to the atrocities committed against Black people during the transatlantic slave trade from the 16th to 19th centuries, where over 12 million Africans were taken from their homes and transported as slaves to the Americas. During this period, Black people faced brutal treatment, torture, rape and murder. Some argue the term inappropriately compares it to the Jewish Holocaust, while others say it draws attention to the scale and impact of the atrocities against Black people and their ongoing legacy. The document also discusses the term "Black genocide" and how some use it interchangeably with "The Black Holocaust" while others see it as a broader term encomp
Ethnocentrism
This document discusses ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. It defines ethnocentrism as judging other cultures based solely on one's own cultural values and standards. Cultural relativism is presented as an alternative approach where cultures are understood and judged based on their own cultural contexts and values rather than those of another culture. The document argues that a culturally relativist approach is needed in today's multicultural world to foster respect, tolerance, and cultural sensitivity between groups.
Nationalism
Nationalism is extreme patriotism and pride in one's nation that it is superior to others. It developed in the 19th century with the rise of nation-states. In the 20th century, nationalism transformed into xenophobia and caused World Wars I and II. Today, nationalism still fuels conflicts by justifying acts against other nations. The Balkans region remains highly nationalistic and a source of tensions. In the future, nationalism will likely continue playing a large role in politics globally.
Rethinking Heart of Darkness through Race and Racial Conflict
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This research paper would like to examine Marlow’s frailty as a narrator, his ethnocentricity and color consciousness and inability to comprehend inscrutable Africa that leads the author to support the colonizers against the Africans and how his approach is shared by Conrad as well. Conrad, in the colonial novel, Heart of Darkness has biasness for European colonialism, though the biasness is not so much conspicuous but ostensible, covertly and allusively maintained throughout. This study aims to focus upon Conrad’s treatment of and race and racial conflicts. It also would like to explain the concept of race through applying the critical comments made by different critics and scholars.A_discourse_analytical_study_of_anti-imm
This document provides a summary of a dissertation analyzing anti-immigrant language and covert racism in British news media. The dissertation examines how a "New Racism" has emerged through subtle discourse that presents negative stereotypes about immigrants as truths. It analyzes how newspapers criminalize immigrants through language like "illegal immigrant." It explores how metaphors of invasion, disease, and overcrowding fuel moral panic about outsiders. The dissertation aims to show how discourse naturalizes xenophobic sentiment and maintains unequal power relations by othering migrant groups. It examines how notions of culture, nation, and race have been conflated to provide cover for new forms of racism. The dissertation draws on theories of discourse analysis, racism, and migration to
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GrobalRaciality-Preface+Intro.pdfGlobal RacialityG.docx
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Global Raciality
Global Raciality expands our understanding of race, space, and place by
exploring forms of racism and anti-racist resistance worldwide. Contributors
address neoliberalism; settler colonialism; race, class, and gender inter-
sectionality; immigrant rights; Islamophobia; and homonationalism; and
investigate the dynamic forces propelling anti-racist solidarity and resist-
ance cultures. Midway through the Trump years and with a rise in nativist
fervor across the globe, this expanded approach captures the creativity and
variety found in the fight against racism we see the world over.
Chapters focus on both the immersive global trajectories of race and
racism, and the international variation in contemporary configurations of
racialized experience. Race, class, and gender identities may not only be
distinctive, they can extend across borders, continents, and oceans with
remarkable demonstrations of solidarity happening all over the world.
Palestinians, Black Panthers, Dalit, Native Americans, and Indian feminists
among others meet and interact in this context. Intersections between race
and such forms of power as colonialism and empire, capitalism, gender,
sexuality, religion, and class are examined and compared across different
national and global contexts. It is in this robust and comparative analytical
approach that Global Raciality reframes conventional studies on postcolo-
nial regimes and racial identities and expression.
Paola Bacchetta is Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, and affili-
ated faculty within the Center for Race and Gender; the Center for South
Asia Studies; the Center for Middle Eastern Studies; and the Center for the
Study of Sexual Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley.
Sunaina Maira is Professor of Asian American Studies, and affiliated fac-
ulty within the Middle East/South Asia Studies Program and the Cultural
Studies Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis.
Howard Winant is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University
of California, Santa Barbara, where he is also affiliated with the Black Studies,
Chicana/o Studies, and Asian American Studies departments. He founded
and directed the University of California Center for New Racial Studies.
New Racial Studies
The University of California
Center for New Racial Studies
This series of research publications focuses on the shifting and contradic-
tory meaning of race in the aftermath of the massive racial upheavals that
followed World War II: civil rights, anti-apartheid, major demographic
shifts, decolonialization, significant inclusionary reforms and expansions
of political rights on the one hand, combined with reinvented but still
extremely deep-rooted patterns of structural racism, racial inequality, and
“post-” imperial formations on the other hand.
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The document discusses debates around whether and when multiculturalism ended in Europe. It notes that some argue multiculturalism failed by creating isolated communities and breeding extremism, while others argue multiculturalism's demise has been exaggerated for political reasons to consolidate cultural uniformity. The document also examines how culture and identity have been invoked in governance, with culture sometimes blamed for socioeconomic problems or used as a mode of governance in a neoliberal era.Essay About Ethnocentrism
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White Supremacy, Patriarchy,
and Global Capitalism in
Migration Studies
Tanya Golash-Boza1, Maria D. Duenas1,
and Chia Xiong1
Abstract
Ten years after sociologist Mary Romero lamented the “ideological and theoretical
gulf between immigration research and the sociology of race,” researchers have
begun to bridge this theoretical gulf by centering critical race theory in studies of
migration. Building on these analyses, this article argues that migration flows and
immigrant incorporation are shaped not only by White supremacy but also by
patriarchy and global capitalism. Insofar as migrants, predominantly from the Global
South, are usually racialized as non-White, and come to work in a labor market
shaped by exploitation, oppression, and patriarchy, it is critical to think of migrant
flows and settlement within the context of what bell hooks describes as a White
supremacist capitalist patriarchy. We draw from examples from our research with a
broad spectrum of migrants and their children to elucidate how these three systems
of oppression shape the experiences of migrants.
Keywords
White supremacy, intersectionality, immigration
Introduction
In her 2008 article in Contemporary Justice Review, Mary Romero wrote, “There is an
enormous ideological and theoretical gulf between immigration research and the soci-
ology of race” (p. 26). Ten years later, several publications have bridged this gulf,
incorporating a race analysis and moving away from assimilationist frameworks.
Sanchez and Romero (2010), for example, center race to illuminate illegality and
racialized citizenship. Sáenz and Douglas (2015) show the influence of racial hostility
1University of California, Merced, CA, USA
Corresponding Author:
Tanya Golash-Boza, University of California, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, USA.
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toward immigrants that assimilationist frameworks obscure. Treitler (2015) explains
how assimilationist perspectives support White supremacy by placing the onus of
incorporation on racialized immigrants and ignoring racial barriers.
Building on recent scholarship’s use of a critical race framework to study immi-
grants and their children, this article argues for including analyses of patriarchy and
global capitalism in addition to White supremacy in migration studies. We explore
how these systems of oppression affect i ...
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Living in a multicultural society takes time to adjust to. In the UK, immigration over the centuries from places like Poland, India and other parts of Europe and the world has increased cultural diversity. However, full integration of different ethnic and religious groups has been a challenge. While schools have made efforts to accommodate different cultures, things like faith-based schools can sometimes promote segregation rather than mixing of groups. Overall, a multicultural society in the UK is still a work in progress that requires time, effort and policies to help various cultures comfortably coexist.
Juanma racism ppt
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Genocide presentation
- 1. Genocide Is genocide best understood through its relationship to modernity? Rachel Carter
- 2. The Relationship between Genocide and Modernity Modernity is concerned with: Moving Forward Progress Groups seen to hinder progress - eliminated
- 3. Other causes of Genocide Racism/cultural intolerance –intolerance to people of other races/ cultures Nationalism – the belief that ones nation is superior Political – extreme or radical regimes that cause a major upheaval of society
- 4. Aboriginal Genocide European settlers wanted to make way for a modern European civilization Viewed the Indigenous Australians as backwards Though Aboriginal people prevented modernity, and therefore had to be eliminated
- 5. Cambodia Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge wanted to create a fresh start for Cambodian society Western influences and technology thought to hinder progress, therefore eliminated Those thought not to be aiding the progress seen to prevent modernity
- 6. Discussion To what extent, if at all is modernity linked to genocide? Have we really progressed or become modern in terms of humanity? Could the murder of innocent people in Iraq be considered a form of genocide? (can you think of any other examples)
- 7. References Bloxham, Donald (01/04/2008). Modernity and Genocide. European history quarterly (0265-6914), 38 (2), p. 294. Jones, Adam (1963) Genocide: A Comprehensive introduction, London, Routledge 2006Sorry Day and the Scheffer, David Cambodia tribunal monitor http://www.cambodiatribunal.org/history/khmer-rouge-history.html (accessed 15/10/10) Stolen Generationshttp://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/indigenous/sorry/ (accessed 14/10/10)