Topic:History of racism
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Welcome to the Institute of History of Racism, part of the School of History.
The Institute of History of Racism wishes to provide a comprehensive understanding of the origins and history of racism.
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[edit] Research Paradigm
Races in the sense of this Institute are social, cultural or political constructions in the form of explicit or implicit racist ideologies, created for purposes like exploitation and suppression. Races in the sense of this institute are groups of people disciminated against (positively or negatively) by a racist ideology. The aim of the research is to find out how, when, where, by whom and for what reason and purpose such constructions have been created, how the ideas involved developed and how they influenced history. In this sense, the research of this institute my be called biased.
Research outside these basic assumptions, especially research based on paradigms that qualify as racist ideologies in terms of the above definition, should not be made within this Institute.
However, the research paradigm may be discussed and criticized on the Institute's talk page.
[edit] Division Description
The scope of this division may include questions like:
- Research about the origin of racism
- in Western culture.
- Where and when did the idea of dividing humans into "races" originate. Possible questions here are for example:
- Is the origin of racism related to the Spanish reconquista, the crusades etc.?
- Where, when and why did the specific anti-"black" form of racism in Western culture begin?
- Does it stem from Arab-Muslim prejudices against non-Arabs during the Umayyad conquests?
- Are its roots to be found in Biblical Israel, or earlier?
- in Chinese Culture
- What are the oldest Chinese records which state that non-Chinese peoples are racially inferior?
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- in Western culture.
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Initially, an annotated bibliography about this topic shall be developed. This can then be used to develop teaching materials and to improve the qualtity of the courverage of the subject on Wikipedia. (An example of the method to be used for this can be seen in the Department of African philosophy.)
Further goals of this institute include:
- Creating the basis for the improvement of the quality of coverage of these topics in Wikipedia.
- Creation of teaching materials about the origins and history of racism for schools and universities worldwide.
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