Journal article
The Contours of Color at the World Social Forum: Reflections on Racialized Politics, Representation, and the Global Justice Movement
Critical sociology, v 34(3), pp 389-407
May 2008
Abstract
This essay critically reflects on our experiences and observations, as a multi-racial research team from the USA, of the politics of race and racism at the 2005 meeting of the World Social Forum which took place in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The challenges of discussing issues of race, ethnicity, and racism at the WSF are considerable given (1) the over-representation of whites and the wide variety of racial and ethnic groups participating in the WSF, (2) national differences in race and ethnic relations and the discourses used to discuss such relations, and (3) the political silences about racism that pervade Brazil and many other countries. Overcoming such challenges is crucial to making the WSF and the global justice movement more inclusive of people of color, raising consciousness about racial and ethnic oppression and its role in the current global economy among political activists, building effective transnational coalitions among anti-racist groups, and envisioning a truly just and democratic world.
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- Title
- The Contours of Color at the World Social Forum: Reflections on Racialized Politics, Representation, and the Global Justice Movement
- Creators
- Rebecca Álvarez - University of California, RiversideErika Gutierrez - University of California, RiversideLinda Kim - University of California, RiversideChristine Petit - University of California, RiversideEllen Reese - University of California, Riverside
- Publication Details
- Critical sociology, v 34(3), pp 389-407
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Art and Art History
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-41049092542
- Other Identifier
- 991020546578104721