Racism In Academia: A Long Twilight

The fall of the Third Reich did not put an end to academic race theories that formed the core of its ideology. Some academics have resorted to media campaigns and political lobbying to save their theories from natural extinction—a tactic that came to the fore when California education authorities at...

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Published in:World affairs (New Delhi, India : 1997) India : 1997), 2007-10, Vol.11 (3), p.154-169
Main Author: RAJARAM, N S
Format: Article
Language:English
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COLONIALISM : NEW AND ENDURING FORMS
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Summary:The fall of the Third Reich did not put an end to academic race theories that formed the core of its ideology. Some academics have resorted to media campaigns and political lobbying to save their theories from natural extinction—a tactic that came to the fore when California education authorities attempted to remove them from their school curriculum. The colonial legacy persists in sectarian politics in South India and most insidiously in Africa where it gave rise to the horrific Hutu–Tutsi clashes in one of the worst genocides in modern history.
ISSN:0971-8052
0974-0937