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Label: Racism

Society

Anti-racism that «infantilizes blacks»

written by Yan Greppin

African-American linguist John McWhorter sees contemporary anti-racism as a betrayal of Martin Luther King's universalist ideal, and as an ideology that designates whites as oppressors and reduces blacks to incapable beings.

Films

Racism got «Get Out», feminism got «Blink Twic».»

By Jocelyn Daloz · October 11, 2024

Zoe Kravitz's directorial debut, a psychological thriller, is a scathing denunciation of the «toxic masculinity» of billionaires. It's reminiscent of Jordan Peele's first opus, which used the genre to tackle racism.

Society

Les nouveaux dogmes antiracistes

By Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard · 09 December 2023

Pierre angulaire du militantisme woke, un nouvel antiracisme importé des Etats-Unis a vu le jour en Europe. Malgré les apparences, il n’a plus grand-chose en commun avec l’antiracisme classique universaliste qui l’a précédé.

Switzerland

«Racism in Switzerland exists, but systemic racism does not».»

By Max Frei · 12 June 2023

Un «racisme systémique» sévirait en Suisse. C’est du moins l’avis de la Confédération, qui a publié un rapport sur le sujet. Selon Olivier Delacrétaz, rédacteur à «La Nation», les effets de ce postulat, qui ne repose sur aucune preuve, pourraient être contre-productifs.

Society

Old white men«, the troublesome race according to Migros

By Antoine Menusier · October 31, 2022

The orange giant dumps the old white male at the woke dump. Ungrateful and not smart.

Literature

«An American in Hell, a devilishly original tale

By Ivan Garcia · 08 June 2021

Les bouquins du mardi - Ivan Garcia Decidedly dead too soon, two Americans, one black and one white, land in hell...

Society

Sophie Woeldgen reports: Small emotional arrangements

By Sophie Woeldgen · May 21, 2021

Every month, we feature a column by one of the personalities who take turns writing for Le Regard Libre. Freelance journalist Sophie Woeldgen shares her views as a reporter in the Middle East on an itchy subject.