Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden

RT @RoseAlliance: Up until WWII Swedish textbooks routinely referred to: -“lower” & “higher” races -“us” re: Europe’s conquest of Africa…

RT @RoseAlliance: Up until WWII Swedish textbooks routinely referred to: -“lower” & “higher” races -“us” re: Europe’s conquest of Africa…

Up until WWII Swedish textbooks routinely referred to: -“lower” & “higher” races -“us” re: Europe’s conquest of Africa (aka ~ bringing gift of civilisation~) -African people as “savages without history” [& with no cultural diversity] #swedengate

@wendylyon @Katamabob @CianOConcubhair (Above tweet features screen shots from this article) https://t.co/zrAZQ6x5pP Another interesting article = “selling eugenics: the case of Sweden” https://t.co/6dRZp1hIrK Ok it’s a bit of a round about tangent but

Within a Swedish context, it is part of a continued discussion on the role of Alva and Gunnar Myrdal at the national and international contexts. In this vein, see Dr. McEachrane's "Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden" (2018): http

Michael McEachrane, "Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden" *Human Rights Review* (2018): https://t.co/mHkTeTD7pq

@HarambePlzShave https://t.co/LnOupofhAX McEachrane 18: Stockholm, Malmö och Göteborg är idag lika segregerade som Los Angeles. https://t.co/Ep2JDvZj5i Jämlikhetskommision 2020 sid 333: "[Skolreformerna] har bidragit till ökad skolsegregation."

@L_e_x_____ @ConceptualJames so you think that nordic countries just cannot be racist or something? maybe have a closer look https://t.co/KgXLHMFnMH

“Afrophobic” hate crimes are by far the most prevalent of any category and that Afrophobia/anti-black racism is an extensive social problem https://t.co/JDt0DXWx5X

@Bardissimo sorry for the Australian centric link but you get the picture... heres a longer article on sweden tho . . . theres a problem with not recognizing structural racism in sweden....n these tweets seem to perpetuate that problem ? https://t.co/RrJ

It could behoove Sweden and other progressive etc. Nordic countries, who have never gone through a decolonizing phase (they sold their colonies before post-WWII decolonization) to at least have an awareness of their colonial past. Case in point: https://

Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden https://t.co/vi9bqJ9n6q #swedish

RT @RoseAlliance: 1921: the Swedish Parliament voted in support of creating a state institute for #racebiology & #eugenics the institute's…

"After the revelations of the horrifying atrocities of the Nazi regime in the mid-1940s, #Sweden dismissed any similarities between Swedish eugenics & German race doctrines #Eugenic #sterilization reached its climax in Sweden during the period 1943–19

1921: the Swedish Parliament voted in support of creating a state institute for #racebiology & #eugenics the institute's 1st major publication (1926) "The Racial Characteristics of the Swedish Nation" was aimed toward an international scientific audi

The #Swedish #AliensAct of 1927 stated that the purity of the "#Nordic race" had “a value which can hardly be exaggerated” & it was argued that it was essential to control the #immigration of people “not suited to become a part of #Sweden’s populati

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RT @SpringerEthics: Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden by Michael McEachrane Human Rights Review #ope…

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RT @RoseAlliance: The UN scolded sweden for 20 years before racial discrimination laws finally covered such discrimination in workplaces.…

RT @RoseAlliance: The UN scolded sweden for 20 years before racial discrimination laws finally covered such discrimination in workplaces.…

RT @RoseAlliance: The UN scolded sweden for 20 years before racial discrimination laws finally covered such discrimination in workplaces.…

RT @RoseAlliance: The UN scolded sweden for 20 years before racial discrimination laws finally covered such discrimination in workplaces.…

RT @RoseAlliance: The UN scolded sweden for 20 years before racial discrimination laws finally covered such discrimination in workplaces.…

The UN scolded sweden for 20 years before racial discrimination laws finally covered such discrimination in workplaces. Earlier, an Inquiry committee "argued that there was no scientific evidence that racial discrimination was a social problem in Sweden."

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RT @RoseAlliance: But no mention of race in Sweden’s antidiscrimination law has implications beyond individual cases of discrimination. Thi…

RT @RoseAlliance: By end of 2015 Sweden had removed any references to race from its laws Despite being warned this would make it HARDER to…

RT @RoseAlliance: By end of 2015 Sweden had removed any references to race from its laws Despite being warned this would make it HARDER to…

But no mention of race in Sweden’s antidiscrimination law has implications beyond individual cases of discrimination. This law “also acts as a more general political norm for the kinds of discrimination to be recognized in society & how.” https://t.co

By end of 2015 Sweden had removed any references to race from its laws Despite being warned this would make it HARDER to: >collect useful data >id/process complaints of racial discrimination >access justice >address racism (especially of syst

RT @FightRacismX: "Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden". New article in the Human Rights Review: https://t.co/M8no…

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RT @FightRacismX: "Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden". New article in the Human Rights Review: https://t.co/M8no…

RT @SpringerEthics: from the Human Rights Review journal #openaccess Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden by…

RT @SpringerEthics: from the Human Rights Review journal #openaccess Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden by…

from the Human Rights Review journal #openaccess Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden by Michael McEachrane https://t.co/lFvOXyZb08 #HumanRights https://t.co/m5QBUSXOKc

"Universal Human Rights and the Coloniality of Race in Sweden". New article in the Human Rights Review: https://t.co/M8nozKUJud . Just in time for CERD's review of Sweden 2-3 May.