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Racial Faultlines

The Dutch feign innocence around ‘Black Pete’ – but the character underlines real racial hierarchies

It is no accident that attachment to Zwart Piete has deepened since the Netherlands’ empire disintegrated.

Ajay Gandhi
· Nov 28, 2021 · 11:30 am
‘Vogue’ magazine’s complicated relationship with diversity

Could Edward Enninful's new role at ‘Vogue UK’ be the first sign of a changing fashion industry?

Aleydis Nissen, The Conversation
· Aug 01, 2017 · 11:30 pm
Comparing black people to monkeys has a long, dark simian history

Animalization remains a malicious and effective form of dehumanization. Simianization is a version of this strategy, which historically manifested a lethal combination of sexism and racism.

Wulf D. Hund and Charles W Mills, The Conversation
· Mar 03, 2016 · 06:30 am

If Asian Americans saw white Americans the way white Americans see black Americans

Data show that Asian Americans have surpassed white Americans in many ways.

Sonali Kohli, qz.com
· May 04, 2015 · 02:30 pm