Use this space to log experiences of:
- Racism or Afrophobia
- Hate speech (online or offline)
- Discrimination or exclusion
You can also reflect on:
- What happened
- How it was handled
- What could be done differently
Use this space to log experiences of:
You can also reflect on:
The ways in which black people are judged and caricatured or dehumanised in social media is something that I ve seen a lot. However, hate and racist comments usually appear when a certain topic emerges in social media or news agenda (e.g. racist comments from a public figure etc) -which makes me think that work against Afrophobia needs to be taking place constantly, at the level of the everyday
It’s important to mention here that racism operates on several interconnected layers at once, interpersonal (the comments, jokes, slurs), institutional (policies and practices that produce unequal outcomes even without explicit intent), structural (the deeper historical systems built on racial hierarchies), and representational (the images, absences, and narratives in media that shape what feels “normal” or “out of place”). The visible spikes online are usually just the interpersonal layer surfacing, the other three are already in place, quietly doing their work the rest of the time. Which is probably why the everyday work matters so much: it’s where the conditions for the next spike are actually built or dismantled.
I totally agree. Racism is an everyday occurence in various public spaces, for example public transportation, where black people are frequently attacked. The daily reproduction of racist discourse and behaviour need to be addressed by actively engaging and standing with people targeted.