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In this sense, Jansson makes clear reference when defining the term "internal orientalism." Despite the fact that such terms have been further discussed in previous studies, the author brings a different stand on the term and offers it a new dimension when combined with the term "the other" and psychogeography. Therefore, his aim is to further discuss not necessarily the role and meaning of internal orientalism but also to undergo an analysis of the factors that may influence them and may determine different outcomes of the debate.
Aside from the academic background and the information received from previous studies, Jansson also makes use of the interview technique in order to have a better sense of the realities on the ground for the areas under analysis. More precisely, the interviews undertaken for the study include members of the "Southern" nationalist organization League of the South, and with African-Americans in the Lynchburg, Virginia, area." The aim was to have sufficient information for a conclusion of the study to be drawn. These sets of interviews are used extensively for creating several logic statements and conclusions, reason for which they are extremely relevant for the study.
For this article there was a limited amount of statistical...
This is largely due to the fact that the subject of the article implied important sociological analysis and therefore the interview method was a better method of gathering information.
The subject of the article is important for the understanding of the United States as a whole and for understanding its geography in particular. This is not necessarily related to the way in which geography is constructed, but rather because it offers a new dimension on the differences that can exist between different regions of the same country. The article points out the impact historical backgrounds may have on the elaboration and development of regional identities. Furthermore, such a new perspective of internal orientalism as well as the insertion of all the terms used by Jenssen in elaborating his article only points out to the complexity of identifying the particularities of a region that has undergone special historical trials, that has known different social and economic developments. Finally, this article is important for geography because it points out that the boundaries of a region are not inside a geographically determined space and that the identity of a region is related mostly to its dwellers and not a geographically set boundary.
The concept of miscegenation is explored as an avenue which is suppressed in order to sustain passability in white culture. The Hardin article denotes that this invisibility, essentially, "is about passing as white, and the resultant challenge to stable notions of race; however, at the subtextual level, this notion also seems to be about passing as heterosexual." (Hardin, 103) In this work, we can find a connection between the narrator's dedication to a constantly shifting identity
Obama famously referred to his white grandmother during the campaign who tragically passed away the night before he was elected, as a woman of tolerance, yet who still was subject to the prejudices of society enough to feel uncomfortable when she saw an African-American walking across the street. Although this remark was criticized, Obama's point was that in America, race was inescapable, and prejudice must be dealt with through
Race: The Power of an Illusion The constructed notion of race, as reinforced through good science, is also reinforced throughout the first episode of this PBS documentary. In the past, poor and racist science has attempted to classify human individuals according to racial categories and failed miserably. However, good science shows that the very notion of racial separations between individuals of different geographies and cultures is in fact specious, and genetically,
Louis presented an exhibition of different races as artifacts or curiosities, to demonstrate where civilization had 'come from' in the past, versus the images of civilized 'future.' The designers of the exhibit saw the supposed progress of science and civilization as a series of examples of how whites had successfully born 'the white man's burden.' The exhibit showed the benefits of slavery in educating the African races as well
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Race: An Illusion The concept of race has no place in today's globalizing world. In fact, it is a damaging illusion. Not only does the idea of race allow false beliefs to develop, but it allows the concept of "them against us" to develop. In such a reality, race becomes a pride-producing rallying point around which blatant discrimination, injustice, and atrocities spring. The idea of race as a meaningful concept is no