Racists like usÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦

James Arvanitakis; Dinesh J. Wadiwel

Racists like usÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦

James Arvanitakis
, Dinesh J. Wadiwel

Institute for Culture & Society

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Abstract

This contribution is a reflection, conversation and debate between two people struggling to understand their own prejudices and interrogate the meaning of anti-racist politics. Acknowledging our own positions of privilege, we see ourselves as embodying whiteness: Dinesh as an Indian velakaran (Tamil expression for ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“white manÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢) and James as a ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“white-wogÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ (being ethnic in name and heritage only). In the process of self-acknowledgment, we ask each other to answer four questions honestly (and brutally): How do we embody whiteness? How do we embody racism? How do you do anti-racist politics? Can we be free of racism? We conclude by reflecting on how anti-racist politics might be possible, even when guided haphazardly by ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“racists like usÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Journal	Darkmatter: in the Ruins of Imperial Culture
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

Australia
anti-racism
politics
racism
racists
whiteness

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