ESSAY PRESENTATION

By Sami Karamalla-Gaiballa

THE QUESTION

Explain why we need to consider historical

context(s) when examining the social construction of

‘race’ in Britain

Base to write a plan

Key words-highlighted

The main argument (that we need to consider

history when we talking about ‘race’ in Britain)

INTRODUCTION

Stating the main arguement

Definition of the key words:

‘Race’- definition

Social construction- ‘race’ is social not natural

Historical context(s)- imperialism; the New Right in Britain;

Race and emergence of feminism

I wrote how I am going to approach the question- ‘At the

beginning the essay is going to discuss….’

SECTION 1- IMPERIALISM

Slave trade-economic needs were very important in

understanding the development of the concept of

race (stated at the beginning of paragraph)

Empirical evidence- British imperialists started to

insist on divisions when slave trade started (Jordan

2000;)

Link to the question and answering it

SECTION 2 - POLIT ICS AND NATIONALISM

Two paragraphs:

1- Impact of the immigration in 1980s; ‘new racism’; the New Right

politics;

2- further evaluation of ‘cultural racism’; English/British/Irish problem(s);

and some analysis of recent thinkers (Slavoj Zizek) as well as todays

attitude:

‘…public has an exaggerated view about how instantly immigrants can

access welfare and health service, which is not surprising when anxiety is

inflamed by politicians on the hunt for a cheap headline’ (Andrew

Rawnsley in The Observer 10/03/13)

SECTION 3- GENDER AND RACE

Both gender and race are socially constructed

In both cases there is a need to consider the

development of British capitalism and colonialism

(Persram 1997)

Using stereotypes eg. Asian girls have no freedom

while English girls are thought to be in ‘liberated’

culture

CONCLUSION

Restating briefly all three arguments

Show that they support the thesis that historical

context(s) are important when discussing social

construction of ‘race’

BIBLIOGRAPHY

It included:

Books-some of them collections of articels by

different authors

Some statistics about immigration –from BBC

website

Some views from the press-in this case the

Observer

ANY QUESTIONS ?