Essays about: "racial inequality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words racial inequality.

1. 1. A qualitative study on Invisible Racism, Racial Bias and Inequality among Afro-Swedish Healthcare Workers in Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Jennifer Nnopuechi; [2023-02-09]
   Keywords : Labor market; Afro-Swedes; Invisible Racism; Bias; Heath Care; Sweden; Identity;

   Abstract : For many years, migration and racialization has formed a central theme widely discussed in our world today. The central notion of difference; vis-à-vis what is not seen, that is, absence of a certain element portray a huge standing in issues of race in recent times. READ MORE

3. 2. Social class representations and construction of entrepreneurial identities in Swedish ELT textbooks

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Cristina Elena Staicu; [2023]
   Keywords : Neoliberalism; social class; social inequality; entrepreneurialism; English textbooks; ELT; Sweden;

   Abstract : Modern societies across the globe have been deeply transformed by the rise of capitalism and neoliberalism in the last century. This has had a significant impact on education which has been reconfigured to meet the needs of the market rather than the needs of the learner. READ MORE

4. 3. Harry Potter and racial hierarchies in the English language classroom : A thematic study on racial inequality in Harry Potter

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Munira Ahmed; [2023]
   Keywords : Fantasy; Democratic values; Critical Race Theory; Racial inequality; Anti-oppression education.;

   Abstract : This essay focuses on the pedagogical benefits of using fantasy literature in the classroom as it relates to the Swedish school’s democratic values of anti-racism and working for a just society. It examines the representations of racial prejudice, discrimination, and othering among wizards and muggles which are explicitly or implicitly present throughout the Harry Potter series as well as what the representations of inequality can offer in terms of inculcating democratic values and critical thinking in a Swedish upper secondary classroom. READ MORE

5. 4. A Remote Kinship : Using Heart of Darkness to Promote an Anti-Essentialist and Anti-Racist Understanding of Race and Ethnicity in the EFL Classroom

   University essay from

   Author : Rudy Lindberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Heart of Darkness; Race; Essentialism; Anti-essentialism;

   Abstract : Heart of Darkness does raise several issues when used in a teaching context. For instance, the novella depicts the Congolese as primitive, animalistic, ignorant, and superstitious. Thus, it perpetuates racist tropes about Africans that unfortunately still exist today. READ MORE

6. 5. Racial Discrimination in Sweden and the US: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Garlli Tat; [2023]
   Keywords : Discrimination; Racism; Sweden; US; comparison; cross-sectional study; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Racial discrimination is one of the most fundamental forms of social inequality. It remains prevalent in major progressive democracies such as Sweden and the United States. Limited studies have examined how the two nations differ in a comparative cross-sectional design. READ MORE