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All items tagged RacismOpen Think Tank ArticlesAugust 28, 2008 | Russian Citizenship: Moscow's Tool for Recollecting the Empire's LandsAndreas Umland: A justification for Russia’s recent invasion of Georgia was that it had to protect its citizens in South Ossetia. There is, however, a subtle difference between a state’s protection of its citizens living abroad, and its defense of citizens creating their own state within another country ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesOctober 30, 2008 | Racism and Russians in the US Presidential RaceAmerica is forgetful of Obama’s skin color in part because he “placed the race issue beyond the borders of the discourse.” ++ America has changed greatly in the last fifty years - pejoratives and epithets have given way to more emollient euphemisms; racism still lurks, though. ++ In a land where everyone lies “like crazy,” Obama is facing a great obstacle in the form of the “Bradley effect.” ++ ... MoreSeptember 5, 2008 | "Nobody in the Office Knows I'm Black"The often contrived “controversies” in the media illustrate the bad state of race and politics in the UK. ++ So called truths such as “Islam is the problem” or “Racism is natural” naturalise hostility as essential to human beings and thereby legitimate the distinction between “us and them.” ++ The UK and other countries desperately need to create a language which allows them to address these ... More |
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