Essays about: "Racial Violence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Racial Violence.

1. 1. State Repression of Black Dissent in the USA : A Comparative Analysis of the Black Panther Party and the Movement for Black Lives

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Siri Stanowsky; [2023]
   Keywords : Black Panther Party; Black Lives Matter; state repression; police brutality; media framing; surveillance;

   Abstract : This comparative analysis explores the state repression experienced by The Black Panther Party, which was active mainly during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the currently biggest movement for racial equality in the US, the Movement for Black Lives. Using Conflict Theory and Critical Race Theory the research asks two research questions: How has state repression changed from the Black Panther Party to the Movement for Black Lives? and What are possible explanations for this change? This thesis aims to shed light on state repression in relation to movements focused on black rights and equality. READ MORE

3. 2. Racist Police Practices, Mobilities, and the Production of Urban Space : Power, Resistance, and Subjectification in the City of Malmö

   University essay from

   Author : Elvira Grahn; [2023]
   Keywords : Racial profiling; racialization; racist police practices; geopolicing; space; mobility; power and resistance; subjectification; Rasprofilering; rasifiering; mobilitet; rasistiska polispraktiker;

   Abstract : This study aims to explore the relationship between racist police practices and the production of space in the city of Malmö, Sweden. Acknowledging the systemic inequalities inherent in Nordic welfarism and how past Swedish colonialist efforts inform such systems, it presupposes that racist police practices should be considered structural rather than dependent on individual actors. READ MORE

4. 3. Breaking the Chains : The Relation between Race, Religion & Violence in Malcolm X’s Pursuit of Black Liberation

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Hedil Al-Khishali; [2023]
   Keywords : Malcolm X; Civil Rights Movement; Nation of Islam; Black Liberation; Black Theology; Racial Identity; Race Relations; Social Justice; African American Activism; Autobiography of Malcolm X; Violence and Liberation; Identity Evolution; Ideological Evolution; Racial Violence; Islamic Teachings; Social and Political Agenda;

   Abstract : This essay aims to explore the complex interplay between race, religion, and violence as depicted in The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley. Through an exploration of Frantz Fanon's theories regarding recognition and violence, alongside James H. Cone’s concept of Black theology, the essay establishes a foundation for the analysis. READ MORE

5. 4. Drivers of populism in post-apartheid South Africa : A critical discourse analysis of the Economic Freedom Fighters and AfriForum

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Josefina Lidman; [2023]
   Keywords : Populism; Land reforms; Land expropriation without compensation; EFF; AfriForum; Critical discourse analysis; South Africa;

   Abstract : This research aims to deepen the understanding of drivers of populism by analysing different camps in the debate around land reform, using South Africa as a case. The research is conducted through a critical discourseanalysis (CDA) of two actors that represent different positions in a deeply divided society. READ MORE

6. 5. Human Trafficking : “The Silent Victims”

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Ema Miseikaite; [2023]
   Keywords : Human trafficking; Male trafficking victims; Masculinity; Gender roles; Globalization;

   Abstract : Human Trafficking, also known as Trafficking in Persons, or Modern-Day Slavery, is a multibillion-dollar industry that consumes millions of individuals from diverse social, cultural, racial, national, or gender backgrounds. Human trafficking can take many forms: labor, organ, and sex trafficking. READ MORE