Antiracism Education In and Out of Schools
This book explores how antiracism theories can be translated into practice within formal education, as well as in other educational programs outside schools, as very often racism occurs outside the school environment. Combating racism both in and out of s
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OF SCHOOLS EDITED BY AMINKENG A. ALEMANJI
Antiracism Education In and Out of Schools
Aminkeng A. Alemanji Editor
Antiracism Education In and Out of Schools
Editor Aminkeng A. Alemanji University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
ISBN 978-3-319-56314-5 ISBN 978-3-319-56315-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56315-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017939884 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
It is a shame that racism is still alive in 2017 (Message on Twitter, January 2017)
In the last couple of years, and maybe increasingly during the first months of 2017 since D. Trump’s inauguration, the world seems to have witnessed an alarming increase in negative, demeaning, and dehumanizing discourses about the “Other”—about his/her culture, religion, language, skin color, political stance, etc. The impression that this leaves us with is that of collective hallucination and even hysteria. It is surprising in postmodern times like ours that this should continue to happen. Postmodernity is said to be about multiple and unstable identities, the loosening of the grip of nation-states and the recognition of mélange. But postmodernity (and the accompanying accelerated globalization) also pushes us towards extremes. It can lead us to try to find our “roots,” to take refuge in solid identities to protect ourselves against this fastmoving world and the loss of buffer zones between “us” and “them.” The ugly evasion of neat ordering and explanations that Modernity tried to impose onto us through a pseudorationalization of the Human has been qu
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