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The best definition of racism I have encountered belongs to geographer Ruth Gilmore. Racism, she writes, is "the state-sanctioned and/or legal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerabilities to pre mature death, in distinct yet densely interconnected political geographies" (261).
28 maj 2022 · How scholars see texts is influenced by how they define a literature and their methodologies, and defining African American literature as that which focuses foremost on racism achieves the opposite of their, perhaps, intended effects: the liberation of the texts and often themselves, by extension.
16 paź 2020 · In the sociology of race and ethnicity, the concept of racism has come to encompass a wide array of social phenomena, such as systemic inequality, institutional discrimination, internalized stereotypes, and racial attitudes.
30 sty 2018 · Given the extraordinary complexities of racial formation, white supremacy, and the birth of African American literature, an emphasis on critical debates regarding the use and application of theory in the realm of Black letters animates the core of this brief critical literary history.
14 mar 2019 · In this article, we discuss four recurring concepts of racism in this literature: subtle racism, institutional racism, cultural difference and pedagogical solutions. The article analyses the assumptions underpinning these concepts, and the implications for how racism has been understood and investigated in this literature.
In the literature of race and prejudice, the topic of gender discrimination crosses all ethnic and cultural lines, as women of every background struggle to define, fulfill, and rejoice in their roles in life.
Criticism: Racism And Literature By And About African Americans. Combatting Racism with Art: Charles S. Johnson and the Harlem Renaissance. Richard Wright and Bigger Thomas: Grace in Damnation...
