Racism
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| - | [[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right|"[[Je est un autre]]" [I is [[other|another]]] --[[Arthur Rimbaud]]. (illustration [[blackface]]).]] | + | [[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|200px|left|"[[Je est un autre]]" [I is [[other|another]]] --[[Arthur Rimbaud]]. (illustration [[blackface]]).]] |
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| + | “For any [[Long nineteenth century|European during the nineteenth century]] – and I think one can say this almost without qualification – [[Orientalism]] was such a system of truths, [[Truth is a mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, and anthropomorphisms|truths in Nietzsche’s sense of the word]]. It is therefore correct that [[Stereotypes of white people|every European]], in what he could say about the [[Orient]], was consequently a [[racism|racist]], an [[imperialism|imperialist]], and almost totally [[Ethnocentrism|ethnocentric]].” -- Edward W. Said, ''[[Orientalism (book)|Orientalism]]'' pp. 203-4 | ||
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| + | "Morning, noon and night we were subjected to jeers, insults and blows because we were "[[Negro|Negroes]]". Who will ever forget that the black was addressed as "tu", not because he was a friend, but because the polite "vous" was reserved for the white man?" --[[Patrice Lumumba]], "[[Congolese Independence Speech]]" from ''[[The Truth about a Monstrous Crime of the Colonialists]]'', Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961, pp. 44-47. [https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/lumumba/1960/06/independence.htm] | ||
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| + | "‘It’s all the fault of the [[Jews]].’ -What’s a Jew?’ I ask. ‘People with Jewish blood,’ is your answer. ‘What’s the difference between Jewish [[blood]] and other blood?’ This question stumps you; you hesitate, become confused, and answer: ‘I mean the Jewish race.’ ‘What is race?’ I ask." --''[[Listen, Little Man!]]'' (1945) by Wilhelm Reich | ||
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| [[Image:A Child at Gunpoint of the Stroop Report.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[A Child at Gunpoint]]'' ([[1943]]) from the ''[[Stroop Report]]'']] | [[Image:A Child at Gunpoint of the Stroop Report.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[A Child at Gunpoint]]'' ([[1943]]) from the ''[[Stroop Report]]'']] | ||
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| '''Racism''' is a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human so-called [[race]]s determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior. Many scholars maintain [[race]] to be a [[social construction|social construct]] with potent social and political effects but no basis in [[Biology|biological science]]. | '''Racism''' is a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human so-called [[race]]s determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior. Many scholars maintain [[race]] to be a [[social construction|social construct]] with potent social and political effects but no basis in [[Biology|biological science]]. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Discrimination]] | + | * [[Black athletic superiority]] |
| - | *[[Misanthropology]] | + | * [[Self-fulfilling prophecy]] |
| - | * [[Prejudice]] | + | * [[Discrimination]] |
| - | * [[Social criticism]] | + | * [[Everybody is a racist]] |
| + | * [[Fascism]] | ||
| + | * [[Labeling theory]] | ||
| + | * [[Neo-Nazism]] | ||
| + | * [[Racial segregation]] | ||
| + | * [[Racism in film]] | ||
| + | * [[Racialization]] | ||
| + | * [[Scientific racism]] | ||
| + | * [[Social interpretations of race]] | ||
| + | * [[Sociology of race and ethnic relations]] | ||
| + | * [[Tribalism]] | ||
| + | * [[Yellow Peril]] | ||
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| == In fiction == | == In fiction == | ||
| *''[[The Intruder]]'' | *''[[The Intruder]]'' | ||
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!["Je est un autre" [I is another] --Arthur Rimbaud. (illustration blackface).](/Image:Blackface.jpg)
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“For any European during the nineteenth century – and I think one can say this almost without qualification – Orientalism was such a system of truths, truths in Nietzsche’s sense of the word. It is therefore correct that every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was consequently a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric.” -- Edward W. Said, Orientalism pp. 203-4 "Morning, noon and night we were subjected to jeers, insults and blows because we were "Negroes". Who will ever forget that the black was addressed as "tu", not because he was a friend, but because the polite "vous" was reserved for the white man?" --Patrice Lumumba, "Congolese Independence Speech" from The Truth about a Monstrous Crime of the Colonialists, Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961, pp. 44-47. [1] "‘It’s all the fault of the Jews.’ -What’s a Jew?’ I ask. ‘People with Jewish blood,’ is your answer. ‘What’s the difference between Jewish blood and other blood?’ This question stumps you; you hesitate, become confused, and answer: ‘I mean the Jewish race.’ ‘What is race?’ I ask." --Listen, Little Man! (1945) by Wilhelm Reich |
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Racism is a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human so-called races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior. Many scholars maintain race to be a social construct with potent social and political effects but no basis in biological science.
See also
- Black athletic superiority
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Discrimination
- Everybody is a racist
- Fascism
- Labeling theory
- Neo-Nazism
- Racial segregation
- Racism in film
- Racialization
- Scientific racism
- Social interpretations of race
- Sociology of race and ethnic relations
- Tribalism
- Yellow Peril
In fiction
