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On a spectrum of hostility towards migrants, South Africa ranks at
the top, Germany in the middle and Canada at the bottom. South
African xenophobic violence by impoverished slum dwellers is
directed against fellow Africans. "Foreign" Africans are blamed for
a high crime rate and most other maladies of an imagined
liberation. Why would a society that liberated itself in the name
of human rights turn against people who escaped human rights
violations or unlivable conditions at home? What happened to the
expected African solidarity? Why do former victims become
victimizers? With porous borders, South Africa is incapable of
upholding the blurred distinction between endangered refugees and
economic migrants. Imagined Liberation asks what xenophobic
societies can learn from other immigrant societies, such as Canada,
that avoided the backlash against multiculturalism in Europe.
Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley stress an innovative teaching of
political literacy that makes citizens aware as to why they hate.
Refusing to be governed by what is fashionable or inoffensive,
Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley frankly address the passions and
rationalities that drive politics in post-apartheid South Africa.
They argue that the country's quest for democracy is widely
misunderstood and that public opinion abroad relies on stereotypes
of violent tribalism and false colonial analogies.
Adam and Moodley criticize the personality cult surrounding Nelson
Mandela and the accolades accorded F. W. de Klerk. They reject the
black-versus-white conflict and substitute sober analysis and
strategic pragmatism for the moral outrage that typifies so much
writing about South Africa. Believing that the best expression of
solidarity emanates from sympathetic but candid criticism, they
pose challenging questions for the African National Congress and
Nelson Mandela. They give in-depth coverage to political violence,
the ANC-South African Communist Party alliance, Inkatha, and other
controversial topics as well.
The authors do not propose a solution that will guarantee a
genuinely democratic South Africa. What they offer is an
understanding of the country's social conditions and political
constraints, and they sketch options for both a new South Africa
and a new post-Cold War foreign policy for the whole of southern
Africa. The importance of this book is as immediate as today's
headlines.
This autobiographical volume will foster a deeper understanding of
racism, discrimination, and inequality in all its subtleties.
Through storytelling, framed within the life journey of a South
African sociologist of Indian ancestry, this book examines how
marginalized communities lived with, fought, and braved racial
engineering under apartheid. Moodley shares her experiences of
living, studying, and teaching race, ethnicity, identity,
nationalism, and critical multiculturalism in five countries: South
Africa, the United States, Germany, Egypt, and Canada. Everyday
experiences are blended with academic interpretations, so readers
gain insights from what is in part memoir and in other parts
educational lessons drawn from numerous micro experiences. Subjects
range from indentured labor to expropriation, the influences of
Gandhi and Mandela, anti-Semitism in Europe to welfare colonialism
in Canada, sectarianism in the Middle East to strategies for
combatting bigotry in America. Book Features: Presents
autobiographical material buttressed by strong theoretically driven
social science research findings. Connects personal, cultural, and
political landscapes to promote a global political literacy.
Sketches subjects such as indigeneity (First Nations in Canada),
memorialization in Germany (Holocaust), and sectarianism in the
Middle East. Assesses the impact of role models and leaders, such
as Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. Examines how past injustices
can be addressed both symbolically and materially.
This autobiographical volume will foster a deeper understanding of
racism, discrimination, and inequality in all its subtleties.
Through storytelling, framed within the life journey of a South
African sociologist of Indian ancestry, this book examines how
marginalized communities lived with, fought, and braved racial
engineering under apartheid. Moodley shares her experiences of
living, studying, and teaching race, ethnicity, identity,
nationalism, and critical multiculturalism in five countries: South
Africa, the United States, Germany, Egypt, and Canada. Everyday
experiences are blended with academic interpretations, so readers
gain insights from what is in part memoir and in other parts
educational lessons drawn from numerous micro experiences. Subjects
range from indentured labor to expropriation, the influences of
Gandhi and Mandela, anti-Semitism in Europe to welfare colonialism
in Canada, sectarianism in the Middle East to strategies for
combatting bigotry in America. Book Features: Presents
autobiographical material buttressed by strong theoretically driven
social science research findings. Connects personal, cultural, and
political landscapes to promote a global political literacy.
Sketches subjects such as indigeneity (First Nations in Canada),
memorialization in Germany (Holocaust), and sectarianism in the
Middle East. Assesses the impact of role models and leaders, such
as Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. Examines how past injustices
can be addressed both symbolically and materially.
On a spectrum of hostility towards migrants, South Africa ranks at
the top, Germany in the middle and Canada at the bottom. South
African xenophobic violence by impoverished slum dwellers is
directed against fellow Africans. "Foreign" Africans are blamed for
a high crime rate and most other maladies of an imagined
liberation. Why would a society that liberated itself in the name
of human rights turn against people who escaped human rights
violations or unlivable conditions at home? What happened to the
expected African solidarity? Why do former victims become
victimizers? With porous borders, South Africa is incapable of
upholding the blurred distinction between endangered refugees and
economic migrants. Imagined Liberation asks what xenophobic
societies can learn from other immigrant societies, such as Canada,
that avoided the backlash against multiculturalism in Europe.
Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley stress an innovative teaching of
political literacy that makes citizens aware as to why they hate.
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