Noah Sow: Deutschland Black & White
Everyday Racism
Contents
Diction and Phrasing
Preface
Opening Credits: My Own Origin
Chapter One
The Utter Illusion: A First Clearance of Annoying Racist Habits
- Take One: Terms
- Take Two: Important Concepts
- Who is Black and who is white?
- How one helps maintain the racist status quo by being linguistically imprecise
- A little digression along the way
- More on the racist status quo
- Coaching in being white
- Test 1: Whiteness in a self-experiment – The fourteen-point program
- Test 2: Am I a racist? (with test results)
Chapter Two
Far from over: „Race“ and Racism in Germany
- What is „race“?
- What is racism?
- „Positive“ racism
- Is German racism history?
- Suppressions: Colonial violence, colonial images
- Colonial continuities in the Weimar Republic and under National Socialism
- Black History – Germany/Europe
Chapter Three
A Wide White Field: Everyday Racism in Present Times
- Our daily word: Racist language
- To be discarded without substitution: The “N” word
- Our daily deeds: Racist societal spheres
- No isolated case! Keyword: Structural Racism
- Institutional racism
- Racism in sports
Chapter Four
White Germany Special: Racism and Media Audiences
- Racism in print media
- Racism in German television
- Racism in theater
- Racism in show and circus
- Racism in other media
- Advertising for charity projects
- Entertainment media for children
- Our brand new Equalization Agency
- Shock therapy!
Chapter Five
I see, what I know: Racism in Interpersonal Relationships
- My eyes – your eyes: Racist perceptions and role attributions
- A day among whites
- The vexed topic hair
- Just a family affair? White mothers and Black children
- Some thoughts relating to the keyword exotism
- Possible issues in white-mother–Black-child relationships
- A few suggestions for a healthy coexistence
Chapter Six
Never Ending Story: Racist Loops and Ways to React to Them
- Open and hidden racist strategies
- Counter-allegation of “anti-white racism”
- Allegation of a lacking willingness to integrate
- “Problems” with migrants
- “But I really see how the ... do that”
- Divide and conquer
- Characters in novels and movies: Acting out racist fantasies
- Defining Blackness from the outside
- Jar Jar Binks
- Keyword Eye Level: Tips for white friends
- List of stupid phrases that we never want to hear again
Chapter Seven
Taboo-breaking Wanted: Thoughts and Demands for the Future
- “… it all begins with self-respect”: Interview with Austen Brandt
- Creating new molds: Politics of personal behavior
- Building new structures: My demands for an antiracist society
Ethno-Lexicon: Phenomena and Terms from Ethnology and Anthropology, Illustrated in Relation to Local Culture
Thanks
Appendix
- Annotations, List of References
- Reading List for Further Study
- Index of Persons and Subjects