Tag: ETHNIC
Reflecting on ‘Between the World and Me’
Reflecting on Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates “When I finished reading this book, I realised that I’m still actually quite racist.” These were the words spoken to me by a white doctor of Anthropology who has spent her life defending black men facing the death penalty in the…
How To Create Hate
“What does it take for the citizens of one society to hate the citizens of another society to the degree that they want to segregate them, torment them? a psychological construction imbedded deeply in their minds by propaganda that transforms those others into ‘The Enemy’.” . On Monday the 4th…
Can Muslims be racist?
Can Muslims be racist? Ten years ago I worked a temporary job in a factory during the summer holidays from university. There I once met in passing a Pakistani gentleman who was to say something to me that I still remember to this day. When he learned during a conversation…
Islamophobia IS Racism
With the rise of racist parties throughout Europe who attack people of colour*, the term ‘racism’ has been distorted to such a degree that even some of the leaders of these racist parties claim to be “anti-racist” (in the same way the leader of the Swedish Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, has…
