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Encyclopedia of —isms

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New Black

“I’m tired of being labeled. I’m an American. I’m not an African-American.”… “I’m an American. And that’s a colorless person”.
— Raven-Symoné

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1001 streams of blackness

B

Encyclopedia of —isms

Black vs black

“I write “Black” with a capital B because this term addresses first and foremost political and historical dimensions of the concept of Blackness, and relates only indirectly to skin complexion.”
— Adusei-Poku

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Encyclopedia of —isms

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Post-black

“When it comes to defending Barack against the charge that he’s not Black enough, I tell folk, ‘Well, I’ve know him for over fifteen years, and what I’ve noticed is that he’s proud of his race, but that doesn’t capture the range of his identity. He’s rooted in, but not restricted by his Blackness'”
— Michael Eric Dyson in the forword of “Who’s afraid of Post-Blackness” by Touré.

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Everyday People Every Day

Gender

Man

Wereld

#Klassieke Mannelijkheid is Slecht

Everyday People Every Day

Islam

Religie

Wereld

#Heldendom, Roem en Geweld

Allochtoon

Etniciteit

Everyday People Every Day

Nederland

#Containerbegrip voor armoede, criminaliteit en problemen thuis

Blackbook

European Colonial Empires from 1492-2008

European Colonial Empires from 1492-2008

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Stereotypes

White people

Curacoa’s Macamba

“Macamba’s in het algemeen zijn vreemdelingen, vooral hollanders die pas uit patria zijn gekomen […] “Macamba is de scheldnaam voor volbloed Hollanders en beteekent […] moddervoet.” — M.D. Latour

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Encyclopedia of —isms

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Stereotypes

‘Negrophilia’

“Een flink deel van [de tentoonstelling] Black is beautiful is gewijd aan Negrophilia – liefde voor de zwarte cultuur – die in de jaren twintig in Parijs ontstond en later ook in Nederland werd opgepikt. ”
— De Volkskrant

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The construct of race

The myth of race debunked in 3 minutes

Institutional Racism

When People Say “Black” Instead of “African-American”

“By significant margins, white participants believed that the black applicant was lower status, with less education and less annual income than the African-American applicant.

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