Archive for Racism

Image of the Self & the Other

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , on 30 June 2012 by delclem
PS on the EURO 2012: During the match Germany vs Italy yesterday, Europe seemed to be haunted again not only by a sort of nationalist catharsis, but also by its colonial past: closet racist images of the Self and the Other, creating a strange (soccer) aesthetics of fear & desire. Did the black Italian player Mario Barwuah Balotelli re-affirm or undermine those stereotypes with his historic gesture – and what happened in the eye of the beholder when the image got viral?

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Racist row in Ukraine

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 23 February 2012 by delclem

“Ukrainian singer Gaitana won the hearts of the judges in her bid to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest this year. However, the 32-year-old, who was born in Kiev to a Congolese father and a Ukrainian mother has scored, “nul points” from a politician who has said she is not representative of Ukraine because of the colour of her skin.” > Story & video (c) euronews, 2012

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“White (wo)man´s burden”?

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , on 27 September 2011 by delclem


There seems to be othering, bullying and even racism in the animal realm, particularly among nice squirrels. At least this is the (problematic) sub-text
the Metro Herald is trying to tell…

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Viennese Blood & Brood

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , on 4 October 2010 by delclem


The Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) took the liberty of placing an overtly racist poster in Vienna for the City Council elections on 10 October, bearing the slogan: Mehr Mut für unser Wiener Blut (‘More courage for our Viennese Blood’). This is in many ways instructive for hopeless cultural analysts like me who are interested in vampirism as well.

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