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Racism and 'Free Speech'

Racism and 'Free Speech'

Mondal, Anshuman a.

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PhilosophyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1350470538
ISBN13: 9781350470538
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Jan 23 2025
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.35 Depth: 9.13
Language: English

'Free speech' has become central to discussions about racism, and is increasingly weaponised against anti-racist movements. This book argues that the weaponization of 'free speech' across the political spectrum, particularly by the far-right/alt-right, has been central to the resurgence, rehabilitation and normalisation of racism within the mainstream politics of western liberal democracies in the last decade. The dilemma then, for anti-racist movements, is how to respond to such a challenge - for if 'free speech' allows racism, then it follows that the elimination of racism is not possible.

Anshuman A. Mondal argues that liberalism has made it look as if there is something called 'free speech' when, in fact, speech is enabled by the structures of power within which we are all embedded. These structures determine who gets to say what, and whose voices are heard. They create and sustain racism, and anti-racism should look beyond the mythology of 'free speech' and focus instead on creating expressive regimes that foster racial and social justice by reshaping social discourse and transforming racialized structures of power.

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