Racism  (tagged articles)

Flipping the Cultural Script: Papaya Soap and Skin Color Stratification in the Philippines

Aimiel Trisha W. Casillan - Centuries of subjugation under Spanish and American colonial rule have embedded an idealistic view of white beauty in the minds of Filipinos. It continues to be deeply rooted in Philippine culture due to the constant exposure of Filipina bodies to the advertisements... Keep Reading »

Gender Dynamics in The Sheik as Novel and as Film Adaptation

Sophie Hammond - The 1921 Hollywood film The Sheik tells the story of Lady Diana Mayo, a spirited English peeress who, on a trip to the French Sahara, is kidnapped by and eventually falls in love with the Arab sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan. The film made Rudolph Valentino an international... Keep Reading »

Fringe Religion & the Far-Right: Dangerous Behavior Patterns Among Christian Millennialists

Naomi E. Pearson - Radical thinking among the far-right is a growing security problem for modern western society. Over the past several decades anti-government ideologies have been gaining legitimacy due to controversial interactions between Millennialist fringe religious groups and... Keep Reading »

Victorian Racism: An Explication of Scientific Knowledge, its Social Character, and its Relation to Victorian Popular Culture

Peter . Conlin - The British Empire of the nineteenth century displayed and embodied racism in its composite. In embodying this idea of racial inequality, the Empire created grounds on which it could justify the imperialist actions that it executed throughout the world during this... Keep Reading »
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Old History in the "New" Cuba: Exploring the Legacy of Race and Economic Inequality on the Island Today

Elizabeth L. Drake - This article examines the reasons why racism persists in Cuba more than fifty years after the 1959 Revolution in which Fidel Castro promised Afro-Cubans to eradicate racism from the island. More specifically, it investigates Cuba's racist history and concludes that... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Racism is tagged in the following 13 articles.

Colorism
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Flipping the Cultural Script: Papaya Soap and Skin Color Stratification in the Philippines
By Aimiel Trisha W. Casillan
Centuries of subjugation under Spanish and American colonial rule have embedded an idealistic view of white beauty in the minds of Filipinos. It continues to be deeply rooted in Philippine culture due to the constant exposure of Filipina bodies... Read Article »
Women's Studies Colorism Philippines Filipino History Racism Decolonization Advertising Neocolonialism
Gender Dynamics
2020, Vol. 12 No. 02
Gender Dynamics in The Sheik as Novel and as Film Adaptation
By Sophie Hammond
The 1921 Hollywood film The Sheik tells the story of Lady Diana Mayo, a spirited English peeress who, on a trip to the French Sahara, is kidnapped by and eventually falls in love with the Arab sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan. The film made Rudolph Valentino... Read Article »
Film Studies Colonialism Feminism Racism Gender Roles Stereotypes
American Politics
2019, Vol. 11 No. 03
Fringe Religion & the Far-Right: Dangerous Behavior Patterns Among Christian Millennialists
By Naomi E. Pearson
Radical thinking among the far-right is a growing security problem for modern western society. Over the past several decades anti-government ideologies have been gaining legitimacy due to controversial interactions between Millennialist fringe religious... Read Article »
Religion Extremism White Supremacy Racism Counter Racism Security Radicalization Far-Right
Victoria Era
2018, Vol. 10 No. 01
Victorian Racism: An Explication of Scientific Knowledge, its Social Character, and its Relation to Victorian Popular Culture
By Peter Conlin
The British Empire of the nineteenth century displayed and embodied Racism in its composite. In embodying this idea of racial inequality, the Empire created grounds on which it could justify the imperialist actions that it executed throughout the... Read Article »
Victorian Era British Empire Colonialism Racism Scientific Knowledge British Imperialism
Cuba
2017, Vol. 11 No. 1
Old History in the "New" Cuba: Exploring the Legacy of Race and Economic Inequality on the Island Today
By Elizabeth L. Drake
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
This article examines the reasons why Racism persists in Cuba more than fifty years after the 1959 Revolution in which Fidel Castro promised Afro-Cubans to eradicate Racism from the island. More specifically, it investigates Cuba's racist history... Read Article »
Cuba Afro-Cuban Culture Race Social Reform Economic Inequality Racism
American Media
2016, Vol. 7 No. 1
Belonging in a New Home: Discursive Othering of Latin American Immigrants in U.S. Print Media
By Bill Kakenmaster
Published by Clocks and Clouds
The year 2015 saw heightened racial and ethnic tension in the United States, with particular regard to Latin American immigrants and the U.S. presidential election. Discourse theory assumes that identity (re)production serves to legitimize, institutionalize... Read Article »
Immigration American Politics Political Rhetoric Identity Politics Donald Trump Race Relations Racism Discourse Analysis American Media
British Imperialism
2016, Vol. 2015/2016 No. 3
How Important is the Notion of the 'Civilising Mission' to Our Understanding of British Imperialism Before 1939?
By Thanapat Pekanan
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
The ‘civilising mission' is a broad ideology that combines four main ideals; Enlightenment ideals, Christian / Evangelical ideas of pre-destination, racist ideas about white superiority and Liberalism. All these ideals have had a significant... Read Article »
British Imperialism Empire British Empire Civilizing Mission Colonialism Liberalism Racism
American History
2015, Vol. 12 No. 1
Questioning Community in the Ku Klux Klan
By Alan D. Songer
Published by Discussions
This is the first line from the Ku Klux Klan's (KKK) "Objects and Character of the Order" (Horn, 1939, p. 38). Although these are not words that most modern Americans would ascribe to the Klan, one will find descriptions that depict the Klan as "... Read Article »
American History Ku Klux Klan KKK American Politics Racism Discrimination
Diversity
2013, Vol. 5 No. 02
Race in Elite American Universities: Diversity as Distraction
By Katherine J. Wolfenden
From elite universities’ admissions publications and demographic data, an otherwise uninformed observer might conclude that race is now a problem of the past.[1] And because these institutions are considered to be ‘gatekeepers’... Read Article »
Race Racism Diversity Higher Education Minorities Affirmative Action Ethnicity
United Kingdom
2012, Vol. 4 No. 01
What Riot? Punk Rock Politics, Fascism, and Rock Against Racism
By Alessandro G. Moliterno
The punk-rock movement or youth subculture of late seventies Britain was and is, even today, the cause of much controversy. It has often been accepted that the political orientation of the movement and its outcomes are decidedly located on the left... Read Article »
Racism Facism Postwar Period Youth Culture Punk Rock Great Britain United Kingdom
Colonialism
2010, Vol. 2 No. 07
A Critical Analysis of the Rwanda-Burundi Genocide and the Sociopolitical Implications of Colonial Rule in Africa
By Chloe S. Manchester
There has always been a great deal of intrigue as to why certain people and certain parts of the world are cursed with such a greater deal of suffering than others. Over time certain societies have developed through a series of phases of modernity... Read Article »
Colonialism Human Rights Politics Government Africa Rwanda Burundi Genocide Counter Racism Third World Development
Phillis Wheatley
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
Slavery Plays Jump-Rope with Racism: Examining the Poetry of Phillis Wheatley
By Ian Khadan
Children’s literature in the context of this research paper (and hopefully too in the eyes of the majority) is the ultimate escape; it is neither box nor leash nor constraint of any sort. It is the one genre of literature that does not hold... Read Article »
Racism Slavery Children's Literature Phillis Wheatley Poetry
Sex Tourism
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Child Sex Tourism: "Us" and "Them" in a Globalized World
By Arielle K. Eirienne
“In London, Hamburg or San Francisco … we rarely see ordinary, middle-aged men and women flirting with homeless teenagers who sit on the pavements begging for spare change, or inviting them out to dinner and then back home to bed.&rdquo... Read Article »
Sex Tourism Human Trafficking Sex Trafficking Racism Globalization Prostitution

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