Similarities in anti-racist and racist discourse: Dutch Local Residents Talking about Ethnic Minorities” is an article written by Maykel Verkuyten, Wiebe de Jong, and Kees Masson. These author participates in an academic conversation focusing on similarities of Anti-Racist and racist, more specifically on trying to teach us that we must understand Racist in an objective manner in order to find a solution for the ongoing issue of racism. This conversation involve many brilliant minds and opinions that lead up to a variety of conversation such as Discourse and the denial of racism (1992), Race, Ethnicity and community in three localities (1996), Preparing urban teachers for schools and communities: An Anti- Racist Perspective (1999),Anti-racist perspectives: what are the gains for social work?, and Anti-racism and the critique of ‘ white’ identities (1996), each scholar seem to revolve around the point that we need to understand the racist in order to stop racism. . In this review of literature, I will be discussing this academic conversation in further detail, focusing on the points made by the author that we must objectively understand a racist point of view in order to find a solution to fight racism.
“ Similarities in Anti-Racist and Racist Discourse: Dutch Local Residents Talking About Ethnic Minorities” (1994). This article is about the common values used by Racist and Non Racist, focusing on 3 principles, which are freedom, equality and rationality. The authors attempt to show that to stop racism, you also have to understand a racist perspective, and understand the similarities between racist and non-racist, the authors
does this by pointing out an experiment conducted in an old Dutch Neighborhood of Rotterdam, in which 2 groups ( mixed with Racist and Non Racist) met once a week for 4 weeks and discussed their opinion and belief on ethnic minority, discrimination and why they feel what they feel in a racist or
Bibliography: 1. Verkuten Maykel, Jong De Wiebe & Masson Kees. “ Similarities in Anti-Racist and Racist Discourse: Dutch Local Residents Talking About Ethnic Minorities” Academic Reading. 2nd Edition. Janet Giltrow. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press Ltd, 2002.434-452. Book. 2. Tean A. van Dijk “ Discourse and the Denial of Racism” SAGE Social Science Collections: 87-118. Online 3. Syd Jeffers, Paul Hoggett & Lyn Harrison “ Race, Ethnicity and Community in Three Localities”Journals Oxford Ltd. (1996) 111-126. Online 4. Julie Kailin “ Preparing Urban Teachers for Schools and Communities : An Anti-Racist Perspective” The High School Journal (1998) 80-87. Online 5. Frank Keating “ Anti- Racist Perspectives: What are the Gains for Social Work?” Social Work Education (2000) 77-87. Online 6. Alastair Bonnett “ Ant-Racism and the Critique of ‘White’ Identities” Journals Oxford Ltd. (1996) 97-110