South African Riots Over ‘Xenophobia’ Prompt Backlash Across Africa

By artappraiser on Fri, 09/06/2019 - 6:36am |

South African Riots Over ‘Xenophobia’ Prompt Backlash Across Africa - The New York Times https://t.co/I8YL8aWnnL
— carolynryan (@carolynryan) September 6, 2019

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/world/africa/south-africa-xenophobia-riots.html

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Begs the question: why is it so common in the U.S. to label Americans who are equally or less xenophobic about immigrants as racists?

I think doing so degrades the power of the racist label. Call xenophobes xenophobic, not racist, unless you have real evidence it's about race.

by artappraiser on Sat, 09/07/2019 - 9:37am

Racists like Steve King focus on culture

At a Webster County town hall on Tuesday, Rep. Steve King said presuming all cultures are equal devalues the 'founding fathers,' and tangled with an event attendee who said King discriminated against Mexican and non-white Americans.

The Kiron Republican said, as he has before, that he cares about history and Western civilization — not race.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/28/steve-king-culture-white-nationalism-supremacy-great-replacement-mexican-iowa-facebook-controversy/1264866001/

Social scientists note that racism has changed since WWII. We noehave culture replacing race, because racism I’d

What is cultural racism?
Cultural racism is how the dominant culture is founded upon and then shapes norms, values, beliefs and standards to advantage white people and oppress People of Color.

Cultural racism is how the dominant culture defines reality to advantage white people and oppress People of Color.

Cultural racism uses cultural differences to overtly and covertly assign value and normality to white people and whiteness in order to rationalize the unequal status and degrading treatment of People and Communities of Color.

https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/

The racism term remains applicable. Given that current attacks by racists include native born citizens, fear of the foreign as suggested by xenophobia is less accurate.

by rmrd0000 on Sun, 09/08/2019 - 9:33am

One can be both a xenophobe and a racist. Doesn't mean they are the same thing.

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/08/2019 - 2:07pm

Blacks are citizens of the United States. Trump, Bannon, Miller, etc. are racists. People who vote for a white supremacist are racists.

by rmrd0000 on Sun, 09/08/2019 - 10:36pm

rmrd in kindergarten school ma'rm mode - - "now class, recite the points..."

Somewhere there's a Chinese re-education camp missing a comrade.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 1:48am

Um actually no one not even kindergartners, should be reciting that as written because as written it's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_fallacy

Edit to add: not to mention there's the whole thing about this being a thread about xenophobia among people with black skin against other people with black skin in South Africa. So we have to bring in: Rep. King! A white American person who is more than a xenophobe, more than a racist, but also generally ridiculed as a lunatic embarassment to his district. Why not, eh? Let's just babble and emote....

by artappraiser on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 5:01am

Anti-Immigrant Venom Killed Their South African Dreams

Hundreds of Nigerians fleeing mob attacks have been airlifted out of South Africa, leaving behind their jobs and stores, homes and hopes.

By Julie Turkewitz from Lagos, Nigeria @ NYTimes.com, Sept. 21

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/22/2019 - 5:51am

South African Riots Over ‘Xenophobia’ Prompt Backlash Across Africa

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