Clockwise from top left: Tasniem Anwar, Sarah Bracke, Amade M’charek and Francio Guadeloupe
Clockwise from top left: Tasniem Anwar, Sarah Bracke, Amade M'charek and Francio Guadeloupe The killing of George Floyd has prompted renewed focus on institutional racism around the world, including in the Netherlands. However, not everybody agrees on what institutional racism is, how it operates and how we can eradicate it. We spoke to UvA researchers Tasniem Anwar, Sarah Bracke, Francio Guadeloupe and Amade M'charek and asked them for their views on the issue. Tasniem Anwar (PhD candidate at the Political Science department), Sarah Bracke (professor of Sociology of Gender and Sexuality), Francio Guadeloupe (senior university lecturer of Anthropology) and Amade M'charek (professor of Anthropology of Science) all study the issue of racism or related issues in their work. They discussed institutional racism, what strategy we should adopt and how to tackle racism in higher education and science. What is institutional racism?. Institutional racism isn't just a subsection of racism Sarah Bracke Francio Guadeloupe : 'Well said! One of the main drivers of racism is our way of looking at the world and how this perspective is shaped by our shared colonial history.
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