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The crisis and racism are both spreading: reactions from below

  • Teresa Sordé Martí
    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Teresa.sorde[at]uab.cat
  • Panayota Gounari
    University of Massachussets Boston
  • Donaldo Macedo
    University of Massachussets Boston
https://doi.org/10.14201/eks.3970

Abstract

Amidst the economic crisis, racist and xenophobic discourses are increasinglypresent in the public sphere. Actions and measures that criminalize immigrants and culturalminorities are reinforcing previously existing inequalities. In this article, it is arguedthat grassroots actions are the ones are fighting against those positions which usethe economic crisis to justify the advancement of discrimination towards those sectorswho are more socially excluded.
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Sordé Martí, T., Gounari, P., & Macedo, D. (2009). The crisis and racism are both spreading: reactions from below. Education in The Knowledge Society, 10(3), 198–217. https://doi.org/10.14201/eks.3970

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