sami race essay
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Q4 race essayTRANSCRIPT
ESSAY PRESENTATION
By Sami Karamalla-Gaiballa
THE QUESTION
Explain why we need to consider historical
context(s) when examining the social construction of
‘race’ in Britain
Base to write a plan
Key words-highlighted
The main argument (that we need to consider
history when we talking about ‘race’ in Britain)
INTRODUCTION
Stating the main arguement
Definition of the key words:
‘Race’- definition
Social construction- ‘race’ is social not natural
Historical context(s)- imperialism; the New Right in Britain;
Race and emergence of feminism
I wrote how I am going to approach the question- ‘At the
beginning the essay is going to discuss….’
SECTION 1- IMPERIALISM
Slave trade-economic needs were very important in
understanding the development of the concept of
race (stated at the beginning of paragraph)
Empirical evidence- British imperialists started to
insist on divisions when slave trade started (Jordan
2000;)
Link to the question and answering it
SECTION 2 - POLIT ICS AND NATIONALISM
Two paragraphs:
1- Impact of the immigration in 1980s; ‘new racism’; the New Right
politics;
2- further evaluation of ‘cultural racism’; English/British/Irish problem(s);
and some analysis of recent thinkers (Slavoj Zizek) as well as todays
attitude:
‘…public has an exaggerated view about how instantly immigrants can
access welfare and health service, which is not surprising when anxiety is
inflamed by politicians on the hunt for a cheap headline’ (Andrew
Rawnsley in The Observer 10/03/13)
SECTION 3- GENDER AND RACE
Both gender and race are socially constructed
In both cases there is a need to consider the
development of British capitalism and colonialism
(Persram 1997)
Using stereotypes eg. Asian girls have no freedom
while English girls are thought to be in ‘liberated’
culture
CONCLUSION
Restating briefly all three arguments
Show that they support the thesis that historical
context(s) are important when discussing social
construction of ‘race’
BIBLIOGRAPHY
It included:
Books-some of them collections of articels by
different authors
Some statistics about immigration –from BBC
website
Some views from the press-in this case the
Observer
ANY QUESTIONS ?