Conservative ideology does not require racism and yet it is increasingly being viewed as piece of its mental framework and its branding Joumanah El Matrah is the chief executive of the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human RightsThere is a theory of race which argues that the concept is a myth,created to justify imperialism as it looted global resources and enslaved entire populations. People had to be categorised as less human and civilised to make the horror of colonisation possible.
The idea that race is a falsehood created to serve broader economic interests has never really entered mainstream political thought nor has it featured prominently in anti-racism work. I suspect this is partly due to the theory’s failure to adequately speak to the violence, harm and suffering that the construct of race has inflicted, or continues to inflict to this day. Related: What are they so afraid of? I’m just a young brown Muslim woman speaking my intellect | Yassmin Abdel-Magied Related: With the populist fringe trying to tear down the system,can the centre hold? | Peter Lewis Continue reading...
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