White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race by Gloria Wekker

White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race

Gloria Wekker

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226 pages | first published 2016

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In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch culture: the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia. Accessing a cultural archive built over 400 y...
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