HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE NON-HUMAN BLACK BODY

When a black student threw faeces at a statue of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, it sparked the formation of #RhodesMustFall, a black radical student movement that sought to address systemic racism at the white liberal university through its dema...

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Published in:Sur : international journal on human rights 2018-12, Vol.15 (28), p.119-126
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