Today there are neo-Nazis in the White House—the 45th president himself,his aides Bannon,Miller,Gorka,who are working hard to“Make America Great Again”—a code for making U.S.white again(Devega,2017).Many are askin...Today there are neo-Nazis in the White House—the 45th president himself,his aides Bannon,Miller,Gorka,who are working hard to“Make America Great Again”—a code for making U.S.white again(Devega,2017).Many are asking how this happened,especially white people who had been declaring for more than a decade that“racism is over”.Scanning the current public social arena in the U.S.highlights what black and brown people have never been allowed to forget—that racism is still active as an everyday practice.Globalization has widened the gap between the rich and poor in the United States since 1970s,which laid the economic foundation for the rise of anti-free trade and anti-immigration sentiments.After financial crisis of 2007-2008,gulf between rich and poor is growing in America,which prompted the emergence of Tea Party movement.Coverage of the Tea Party by American media created impression that the Tea Party was interchangeable with the Republican Party,paving the way for Trump to enter the Republican Party.Besides,the demographic changes within the Republican Party in the past decade—the base of the Republican Party has shifted from more wealthy and educated Americans to blue-collar and white voters without college degrees,have also provided the basis for the emergence of Trumpism.Populism is the core idea of Trumpism,gathering working-class whites support for Donald Trump,and promoting the Republican to become a party with more working-class voters.Although Trump loses the election in 2020,his supporters have stayed with him because of a complex interplay of economic,cultural,and racial factors,and Trumpism will have a long-term impact on Republicans.But it‟s difficult for Republicans to find a heir to Trumpism because of its strong personal traits.展开更多
In this study,I analyze Glissant’s idea of the Caribbean society as an inclusive community that treats its members with equality and mutual respect.The literary analysis includes novels Brown Girl in the Ring(BGR)by ...In this study,I analyze Glissant’s idea of the Caribbean society as an inclusive community that treats its members with equality and mutual respect.The literary analysis includes novels Brown Girl in the Ring(BGR)by Nalo Hopkinson,Les Affres d’un défi(The Throes of a Challenge)(AF)by Frankétienne,and L’Envers du décor(Behind the Scene)(ED)by Ernest Pépin.All three novels demonstrate how the enslaving western governments of the Black populations of the Caribbean,have dispossessed the Black people of their culture and identity and instilled a feeling of shame into them,and minimized them as zombies.Glissant,like the mentioned authors,raises the question of whether our modern governments still operate on the same principles.Ernest Pépin shows how modern tourists and settlers still envision the Caribbean islands as Christopher Columbus did for the Western world’s profit only.Glissant proposes another form of world relations in the Caribbean,neither ontological nor one of political affiliation with France,but a rhizomatic relation with all the former communities of which the Caribbean peoples are composed.展开更多
Anti-Chinese racism in Canada is a social structure of racialized exclusion that over time came to be built into the settler colonialism that continues to shape the country.Colonizers of European,and especially of Bri...Anti-Chinese racism in Canada is a social structure of racialized exclusion that over time came to be built into the settler colonialism that continues to shape the country.Colonizers of European,and especially of British and French origins,have consequently created the cultural landscapes that constitute the country(i.e.,its material constructions and dominant cultural overlays).When read against these landscapes,people of Chinese origins and members of other racialized groups continue to be positioned as aliens who do not belong in the country in way in which people racialized as white are not.Focusing on British Columbia(BC),Canada's westernmost province,and the historical activity of people of Chinese origins,this paper traces the history of anti-Chinese racism and its links to Anglo-Canadian settler colonialism.Canada has long been linked to China,and the Chinese entered BC at the same time as Europeans before the country existed.Despite this,Chinese people have repeatedly been positioned as threats to Anglo-Canadian dominance,and especially to control over the land and its resources.Chinese Canadian resistance to racist exclusions,along with that of other groups,has led to the elimination of legislated exclusions.However,historic exclusions continue to shape cultural landscapes and popular understandings of who belongs and who does not.Remaking these landscapes requires an antiracist project of pursuing common projects that cross over racialized differences to remake the territory in ways that affirm the presence of all the peoples of Canada.展开更多
文摘Today there are neo-Nazis in the White House—the 45th president himself,his aides Bannon,Miller,Gorka,who are working hard to“Make America Great Again”—a code for making U.S.white again(Devega,2017).Many are asking how this happened,especially white people who had been declaring for more than a decade that“racism is over”.Scanning the current public social arena in the U.S.highlights what black and brown people have never been allowed to forget—that racism is still active as an everyday practice.Globalization has widened the gap between the rich and poor in the United States since 1970s,which laid the economic foundation for the rise of anti-free trade and anti-immigration sentiments.After financial crisis of 2007-2008,gulf between rich and poor is growing in America,which prompted the emergence of Tea Party movement.Coverage of the Tea Party by American media created impression that the Tea Party was interchangeable with the Republican Party,paving the way for Trump to enter the Republican Party.Besides,the demographic changes within the Republican Party in the past decade—the base of the Republican Party has shifted from more wealthy and educated Americans to blue-collar and white voters without college degrees,have also provided the basis for the emergence of Trumpism.Populism is the core idea of Trumpism,gathering working-class whites support for Donald Trump,and promoting the Republican to become a party with more working-class voters.Although Trump loses the election in 2020,his supporters have stayed with him because of a complex interplay of economic,cultural,and racial factors,and Trumpism will have a long-term impact on Republicans.But it‟s difficult for Republicans to find a heir to Trumpism because of its strong personal traits.
文摘In this study,I analyze Glissant’s idea of the Caribbean society as an inclusive community that treats its members with equality and mutual respect.The literary analysis includes novels Brown Girl in the Ring(BGR)by Nalo Hopkinson,Les Affres d’un défi(The Throes of a Challenge)(AF)by Frankétienne,and L’Envers du décor(Behind the Scene)(ED)by Ernest Pépin.All three novels demonstrate how the enslaving western governments of the Black populations of the Caribbean,have dispossessed the Black people of their culture and identity and instilled a feeling of shame into them,and minimized them as zombies.Glissant,like the mentioned authors,raises the question of whether our modern governments still operate on the same principles.Ernest Pépin shows how modern tourists and settlers still envision the Caribbean islands as Christopher Columbus did for the Western world’s profit only.Glissant proposes another form of world relations in the Caribbean,neither ontological nor one of political affiliation with France,but a rhizomatic relation with all the former communities of which the Caribbean peoples are composed.
文摘Anti-Chinese racism in Canada is a social structure of racialized exclusion that over time came to be built into the settler colonialism that continues to shape the country.Colonizers of European,and especially of British and French origins,have consequently created the cultural landscapes that constitute the country(i.e.,its material constructions and dominant cultural overlays).When read against these landscapes,people of Chinese origins and members of other racialized groups continue to be positioned as aliens who do not belong in the country in way in which people racialized as white are not.Focusing on British Columbia(BC),Canada's westernmost province,and the historical activity of people of Chinese origins,this paper traces the history of anti-Chinese racism and its links to Anglo-Canadian settler colonialism.Canada has long been linked to China,and the Chinese entered BC at the same time as Europeans before the country existed.Despite this,Chinese people have repeatedly been positioned as threats to Anglo-Canadian dominance,and especially to control over the land and its resources.Chinese Canadian resistance to racist exclusions,along with that of other groups,has led to the elimination of legislated exclusions.However,historic exclusions continue to shape cultural landscapes and popular understandings of who belongs and who does not.Remaking these landscapes requires an antiracist project of pursuing common projects that cross over racialized differences to remake the territory in ways that affirm the presence of all the peoples of Canada.
