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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Literacy_and_Critical_Thinking/Creating_Literary_Analysis/5%3A_Writing_about_Racial_Ethnic_and_Cultural_Identity/5.02%3A_New_PageMost famously, Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe wrote in “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” that the novella “projects the image of Africa as ‘the other world,’ the antithesis o...Most famously, Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe wrote in “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” that the novella “projects the image of Africa as ‘the other world,’ the antithesis of Europe and therefore of civilization, a place where man’s vaunted intelligence and refinement are finally mocked by triumphant bestiality.”Chinua Achebe, “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness,’” in Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays (New York: Anchor, 2012).
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Saint_Mary's_College_(Notre_Dame_IN)/Literature/Chimamanda_Adichie%3A_A_Research_Guide/02%3A_Terms_and_ThemesIts basic tenets are: (1) Race is a social construct, not a biological science. (2) Racism in the United States is an everyday experience for people of color (3) Advances and setbacks for people of co...Its basic tenets are: (1) Race is a social construct, not a biological science. (2) Racism in the United States is an everyday experience for people of color (3) Advances and setbacks for people of color typically originate to benefit white groups. (4) Negative stereotyping of minorities serves to elevate white power (5) Individuals cannot be defined by their membership in a single group due to the complex nature of “intersectionalities.”
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/World_History/Early_World_Civilizations_(Lumen)/01%3A_The_Study_of_History_and_the_Rise_of_Civilization/1.04%3A_Historical_BiasThis page discusses the persistent bias in historical writing and teaching, particularly Eurocentric perspectives that overshadow diverse experiences. While early historians aimed for objectivity, bia...This page discusses the persistent bias in historical writing and teaching, particularly Eurocentric perspectives that overshadow diverse experiences. While early historians aimed for objectivity, biases grew in the 18th and 19th centuries, neglecting class, gender, and ethnicity until the rise of social history in the 1960s. History education has often promoted nationalism, although initiatives like Germany’s transnational curriculum seek to address these biases.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Learning_Objects/Literature_Supplemental_Modules/Chimamanda_Adichie%3A_A_Research_Guide/02%3A_Terms_and_ThemesIts basic tenets are: (1) Race is a social construct, not a biological science. (2) Racism in the United States is an everyday experience for people of color (3) Advances and setbacks for people of co...Its basic tenets are: (1) Race is a social construct, not a biological science. (2) Racism in the United States is an everyday experience for people of color (3) Advances and setbacks for people of color typically originate to benefit white groups. (4) Negative stereotyping of minorities serves to elevate white power (5) Individuals cannot be defined by their membership in a single group due to the complex nature of “intersectionalities.”
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Arkansas_Little_Rock/ENGL_3330%3A_Approaches_to_Literature_(McAbee)/10%3A_Writing_about_Racial_Ethnic_and_Cultural_Identity/10.02%3A__Postcolonial_Racial_and_Ethnic_Theory-_An_OverviewMost famously, Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe wrote in “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” that the novella “projects the image of Africa as ‘the other world,’ the antithesis o...Most famously, Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe wrote in “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” that the novella “projects the image of Africa as ‘the other world,’ the antithesis of Europe and therefore of civilization, a place where man’s vaunted intelligence and refinement are finally mocked by triumphant bestiality.”Chinua Achebe, “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness,’” in Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays (New York: Anchor, 2012).
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Diablo_Valley_College/Critical_Thinking_and_Literature_(Schmidt)/06%3A_Postcolonial_Racial_and_Ethnic_Theory_and_Reader_Response_Theory/6.01%3A__Postcolonial_Racial_and_Ethnic_Theory-_An_OverviewMost famously, Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe wrote in “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” that the novella “projects the image of Africa as ‘the other world,’ the antithesis o...Most famously, Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe wrote in “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” that the novella “projects the image of Africa as ‘the other world,’ the antithesis of Europe and therefore of civilization, a place where man’s vaunted intelligence and refinement are finally mocked by triumphant bestiality.”Chinua Achebe, “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness,’” in Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays (New York: Anchor, 2012).
