Racism and Masculinity
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RACISM AND MASCULINITY
Racist violence is predominantly committed by men, but what is the relation to masculinity, in what way is this violence a "situational accomplishment of masculinity" (Kersten)? The traditional explanation would see racist men as underprivileged "victims of modernization" who compensate economic depravation or a insecure gender identity through racial violence. Recent research on young male racists in Germany has problematized this view. Typically, violent racists would come from stable middle class families (
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same logic of constructing identities; since the effects of colonialism still influence our present world, this identity relation is existent in the relations of Europe to the rest of the world. 3. As identity relation, dominance is not only an empirical fact but a representation, for example popular images of the Islamic world in European cultures. Through such representations the aggressive racism of individuals is linked to the "normal" imaginations of cultural difference in mainstream culture.
same logic of constructing identities; since the effects of colonialism still influence our present world, this identity relation is existent in the relations of Europe to the rest of the world. 3. As identity relation, dominance is not only an empirical fact but a representation, for example popular images of the Islamic world in European cultures. Through such representations the aggressive racism of individuals is linked to the "normal" imaginations of cultural difference in mainstream culture.