Finding ways to see the human in racialized others underpins cross-racial solidarity.

Evidence

In such a socio-political context, there is an urgent need for us to find ways to see the human in the other to enable us to pave the way to constructing wide-ranging solidarities that cut across supposed racial lines to help us forge a more hopeful present and future. — Amit Singh, “Carnal conviviality” and the end of…, 16

Categorization

  • SEED: Angle for an essay: how small everyday practices of ‘seeing the human in the other’ build political solidarities that formal anti-racist rhetoric cannot — a concrete, hopeful counterweight to state moral panics.
  • corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — Amit Singh, “Carnal conviviality” and the end of…, 16
  • XREF: connects to: Refusing race can foster solidarity across differently racialised groups — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 65; A strategic political identity can unite people across skin-color differences — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 244; Shared humanity overcomes preconceived enemy divisions between strangers — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 190 (+4 more)

Broader Connections