Why racism is so hard to define and even harder to understand
- Written by Alana Lentin, Associate Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University
Today, what can be defined as racism and what cannot has become a matter for debate. Every racist caught in the act, whether it be wrongly accusing a black child of sexual assault or running over and killing a mosque-goer, claims not to be racist.
Eric Kaufmann, a prominent professor at a London university, has claimed that “racial...
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