Contemporary European racism is a forward-looking product of cultural change, not a relic

Evidence

Taken together, these phenomena, be it the transformation of nations, the rise of cultural specificities, or diaspora, outline the considerable changes which, since the end of the 1960s, have shaped the image of the endless process of deconstruction and reconstruction of identities. The development of racism is facilitated by the fact that these phenomena are new and the actors have difficulty in establishing intercultural communication. This brings us to the main characteristic of racism in Europe today. As we have seen, the latter is in many respects the outcome of the ending of the social relations specific to industrial society and the crisis of its institutions and, from this angle, is the outcome of the destructuring of a world we have lost. But racism also develops as a result of cultural changes which are still emerging, since their first expressions of note date from the end of the 1960s; it is an inherent part of processes which will become increasingly important; it is one of the protagonists in tomorrow’s world and not uniquely a senile figure from the past. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3178 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Early European claims to civility rested on a culture-versus-nature frame, not cultural difference. — , Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and…, 64; European multiculturalism backlash revitalized anti-Muslim racism as cultural racism — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 313; Contemporary European racism stems from emerging cultural change, not just industrial decline. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3178 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Contemporary European racism stems from emerging cultural change, not just industrial decline. #corroborates (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3178
• Racism operates as a changing process rather than a fixed project #complicates (0.72)