This topic explores the impact of globalization on race and ethnicity, including the ways in which global economic, political, and cultural forces shape racial and ethnic relations. It also examines the ways in which globalization has created new forms of inequality and resistance.
Race and ethnicity definitions: Understanding the definitions and nuances of race and ethnicity.
Globalization and race relations: Exploring the impact of globalization on race relations around the world.
Race and the global economy: Examining how race intersects with global economic systems and policies.
Migration and race: Examining the impact of migration on race relations and identity.
Racism and discrimination: Exploring the various forms of racism and discrimination experienced by different racial and ethnic groups.
Cultural imperialism: Understanding how cultural imperialism affects different racial and ethnic groups around the world.
Multiculturalism: Exploring different approaches to multiculturalism in different societies.
Globalization and indigenous peoples: Understanding the impact of globalization on indigenous communities around the world.
Intersectionality: Considering intersections between race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and other social categories.
Colonialism and post-colonialism: Examining the impact of colonialism and post-colonialism on race relations and identity around the world.
Whiteness studies: Questioning the construction and effects of whiteness as a social category.
Globalization and ethnic conflict: Exploring how ethnicity and globalization interact in areas of conflict around the world.
Race and social justice: Examining movements and strategies for social justice and equity in relation to race and ethnicity.
Racial and ethnic identity development: Exploring how individuals develop their racial and ethnic identities in a globalized world.
Critical race theory: Understanding the role of power structures and systemic racism in shaping race relations and identity.
Economic globalization and race: The interaction between global economic processes and race, including the ways globalization affects communities of color differently.
Cultural globalization and race: The spread of cultural ideas and practices across borders, including how race and ethnicity intersect with cultural flows.
Political globalization and race: The emergence of global political institutions, and the ways race and ethnicity factor into global governance and political activism.
Environmental globalization and race: The ways environmental issues intersect with race, including environmental racism, climate change and global equity.
Social globalization and race: The interconnections between global social movements and communities of color, including the creation of transnational social networks and coalitions.
Racialization of globalization: How the rhetoric and practice of globalization encode and reproduce racial hierarchies, shaping the lived experiences of marginalized communities globally.
Anti-racist globalization: The movement for global justice and equality, including the efforts of activists, scholars and communities to resist colonialism, imperialism, racism and discrimination.