Racial politics
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Racial politics or race politics is the use of race, as a human categorization or hierarchical identifier, in political discourse, campaigns, or within the societal and cultural climate created by such practice. The phenomenon can involve the activity of political actors exploiting the issue of race to forward an agenda.
North America
Canada
Rosemary Brown has been described as one of the earliest politicians to attempt to challenge the divisive racial politics of Canada during the 1975 New Democratic Party leadership election.[1]
In 2015,
United States
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One of the uses of the term Racial politics in the United States is to describe racially charged political actions by Abigail Thernstrom, the vice-chairman of the U.S. commission on civil rights. The practice has been a major part of American government since its creation, and often divides the Republican and Democratic parties.
The United States Government has since the time of its creation been divided, and in many ways developed based upon issues of race. In 1861, the Civil War between the Northern and Southern states of the nation was fought primarily over the Confederacy's practice of enslaving African Americans based solely on their race.
Furthermore, the tension between the Northern Republicans and Southern Democrats continued for many years after as the South created
In 1896, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that the, "separate but equal", doctrine was constitutional in the case Plessy v. Ferguson. Segregation was legal, so long as the segregated schools and facilities provided to whites and blacks were equal. Plaintiff Homer Plessy, tested the law that required separate accommodations for blacks and whites on railroads.
In 1954, the ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned in the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. The Supreme Court determined that the establishment of separate schools for whites and blacks was inherently unequal and unconstitutional. This was a major success for civil rights advocates, including the NAACP.
In 1967, California Governor
In 1997, the interim replacement of
Another concept within the discussion of racial politics is the
Under the Bandemer plurality's test, a redistricting plan constitutes an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander only if it "will consistently degrade a voter's or a group of voters' influence on the political process as a whole."[5] In doing this, Republicans and Democrats alike ensure certain trends in voting patterns and constituent concerns, as they place a high concentration of minorities within a voting district. This is a crucial aspect of modern-day politics and is often a major factor in elections.
By 2019, racial politics was being increasingly identified as a reemergent phenomenon, with some media describing it at its most extreme in the history of the United States.[6] In October 2019, on the death of Elijah Cummings, a CNN analysis discussed the congressman's understanding of racial politics in the US, praising his ability to "navigate a white world - how to get along with white Americans as a means of better holding the country to account".[7]
Oceania
Australia
In 2014, Vox reported how "Australia's twisted racial politics created horrific detention camps for immigrants", such as Nauru Regional Processing Centre, describing the country's treatment of immigrants as a return to the racial insecurities of white Australians and the white supremacy of the 20th-century White Australia policy.[8]
Rita Panahi publicly dismissed Australian basketball player Ben Simmons' claim that he was refused entry to Crown Melbourne due to his race in August 2019. Panahi wrote that "He seems to be afflicted by this racial politics that everyone in the US has gone nuts with where they see everything with a filter of race".[9] In October 2019, author Peter FitzSimons stated that his latest book on James Cook, was an attempt to improve the racial politics of the country, which he compared unfavorably with New Zealand's race relations.[10]
Asia
Malaysia
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Malaysian
On August 13, 2008, a letter was sent to The Star[12] with the title "Why we can't get our experts to return" saying:
THE most important asset of a country is not its natural resources but its human resources. This is especially true in a knowledge-based economy, which will be the trend in future if it is not already the trend in most Western countries.
Writer A. Asohan wrote: "...you started to grow up, and race increasingly became a factor. You became aware of race politics here. Insidious people would hint that being friends with the "Other" made you a traitor to your own race. The racist rot seems to have intensified over the subsequent generations. The bigotry we learned as adults are now being picked up by our primary schoolkids. Our leaders may, in a fit of progressiveness (by their standards), talk about racial tolerance, but acceptance and appreciation for other races and cultures seem beyond their ken. Racial intolerance in the country is getting worse, we tell ourselves, looking back to a more idyllic past. Bah, what crock! We Malaysians have always been racists. Heck, the entire human race has always found some illusive basis for discrimination. Race, religion, colour, creed, whether you were born north or south of that artificial line called a border – we spend an inordinate amount of our time and resources on delineating our differences rather than celebrating our similarities. If you married someone from a different race in the old days, you faced severe social censure and were treated as an outcast. Parents wrung their hands and tore at their hair, wailing "What did we do wrong? Aiyoh, how can you do this to us?"[13]
Marina Mahathir wrote: "...The same thing happened in our country. Unfortunately, race politics has not really died down yet, and some people reacted as if ethnic cleansing had just taken place...."[14]
Politician Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham when he was asked "What do you dislike most about Malaysians?", he replied: Racial politics.[15]
Chris Anthony wrote: "...After 50 years of living and working together side-by-side, the people have voted to do away with racial politics but unfortunately the politicians are far from showing signs of heeding their calls for multiracialism...." Don’t widen the racial divide - Opinion | The Star Online
Philip Bowring of International Herald Tribune wrote that the political organization of Malaysia has long been largely on racial lines, Islam has at times become a device for use in racial politics, a yardstick for measuring the commitment of competing parties to Malay racial advancement.[16]
In 2019, the Malay Mail reported how the 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election would be an opportunity to move away from racial politics, by respecting the racial pluralism of Mohamed Farid Md Rafik, after his unexpected death.[17]
The rich
In the year 2006,
In popular culture
- The route to the TIME magazine as "riddled with missteps and controversies over its authenticity and racial politics."[19]
- Author Pacific".[20]
- In 2020, the Latino culture.[22]
Further reading
- Banks, Antoine (2016). Anger and Racial Politics: The Emotional Foundation of Racial Attitudes in America. ISBN 9781107629271.[23]
See also
References
- ^ National Observer. Archivedfrom the original on October 17, 2019.
- ^ Andray Domise (September 11, 2017). "Get real. Jagmeet Singh has been dealing with racist hecklers for months". Maclean's. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017.
- ^ Brandon Tensley (September 19, 2019). "The racial politics of gun control". CNN. Archived from the original on September 19, 2019.
- ^ Corbett Smith (November 15, 2019). "Praised for steadying hand during Dallas ISD turmoil, former superintendent James Hughey dies at 87". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019.
- S2CID 158061249.
- ^ Ivan Hewett (November 22, 2019). "Art Ensemble of Chicago: the protest and passion behind one of jazz's most enduring acts". The Telegraph.
It's surprising to find him so disengaged, given that racial politics in America are as highly charged now as they have ever been.
- ^ Brandon Tensley (October 25, 2019). "Elijah Cummings knew how to walk the tightrope of racial politics". CNN.
- ^ Amanda Taub (November 4, 2014). "How Australia's twisted racial politics created horrific detention camps for immigrants". Vox Media.
- ^ Paul Johnson (August 6, 2019). "Steve Price links Ben Simmons Crown incident to financing for Adam Goodes documentary". News.com.au.
- ^ Vita Molyneux (October 31, 2019). "'He was not an imperialist': Peter FitzSimons defends Captain Cook". Newshub.
- ^ "Racial politics 'out of fashion'". Archived from the original on 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ "Why we can?t get our experts to return". Archived from the original on 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ "Race to the end". Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ "Diversity, not race, our strength - Opinion | the Star Online". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ "Hectic time - Story | the Star Online". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ "Breaking News, World News & Multimedia". www.iht.com.
- ^ ZURAIRI AR (November 16, 2019). "Three things we learnt about: The Tanjung Piai by-election". Malay Mail.
Dr Md Farid's death was a loss for pluralism, being the deputy minister for unity and national integration. Having the Tanjung Piai by-election as a tipping point away from racial politics would be a great way to honour him.
- ^ "Khairy hits out at call to abolish NEP". Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- TIME.
- ^ Kerryn Goldsworthy (November 1, 2019). "Fiction reviews: The World That We Knew; Sleep; Khaki Town and others". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Phil Hoad (November 29, 2019). "The woke undead: how zombie movies are taking on racial politics". The Guardian.
- ^ Justin Agrelo (February 7, 2020). "The Messy Racial Politics of the Super Bowl Halftime Show". Mother Jones.
- ^ Adam Serwer (November 1, 2019). "Civility Is Overrated". The Atlantic.
- Thernstrom, Abigail. THE NATION Racial Politics, As Ever Democrats will be demagogic; when will Republicans counter them? March 19, 2007. National Review. 2007