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8 - Postwar Antiracist Discourse from UNESCO to Black Lives Matter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2021

Teun A. van Dijk
Teun A. van Dijk
Affiliation:
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
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Before the war, Franz Boas critized the notion of racial superiority. After the War, Unesco issued statements on race. The influence of Unesco in the USA diminished during the Cold War. In Europe after the war, many European and national organizations against racism were founded, such as the CRE in the UK, or MRAP in France. In the USA cotinuing police violence and other froms of systemic racism, exacerbated by Trump, was challenged by Black Lives Matter and its growing national and international sucess.

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Franz BoasRacial superiorityUnesco statements on raceCold Warantiracist organizations in EuropeTrumpBlack Lives Matter
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Antiracist Discourse
Theory and History of a Macromovement
 , pp. 199 - 227
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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