Episode 137: Racism Abroad
For today’s episode, Tyrell and Daphne explore race and racism outside of the United States. They begin by discussing the global movement for racial justice (1:30), their general perceptions of race relations abroad (2:50), the difficulty of exploring issues of racism outside of the United States (5:45), and terminology around race and ethnicity in the U.S. and abroad (8:39). They then explore ethnic diversity in countries outside of the United States (11:05), xenophobia vs. racism in Europe (12:45), and how various countries define and track race (16:50). The host then have a conversation about the parallels between the U.S. and the UK with regard to the history of race (24:10), racial disparities across various domains of social life (25:30), and racial and police violence in the UK (29:50). Next, they discuss racism in China throughout the COVID-19 pandemic (33:24) and international relations between China and African countries (34:51). They close the episode by discussing the oppression of indigenous people in the United States and abroad (40:50).
Resources
'They died in the exact same way' - https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/world/adama-traore-david-dungay-george-floyd-protests-gbr-intl/index.html
Justice, Resistance and Solidarity: Race and Policing in England and Wales - https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/Race%20and%20Policing%20v5.pdf
How racist is Britain today? What the evidence tells us - https://theconversation.com/how-racist-is-britain-today-what-the-evidence-tells-us-141657
How Britain failed to deal with systemic racism - https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/europe/black-britain-systemic-racism-cnn-poll-gbr-intl/index.html
Nations look into why coronavirus hits ethnic minorities so hard - https://www.ft.com/content/5fd6ab18-be4a-48de-b887-8478a391dd72
On Being Black in China - https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/07/on-being-black-in-china/277878/
‘Black People Are Not Allowed’: Reports Of Discrimination After Chinese City Orders Mandatory Quarantine For African Residents - https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrasternlicht/2020/04/13/black-people-are-not-allowed-reports-of-discrimination-after-chinese-city-orders-mandatory-quarantine-for-african-residents/#478b2db54796
Canadians and Americans: Who Is More Racist? - https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2017-08-17/are-canadians-less-racist-than-americans