Western Racism, its Uses in Literature, Art, Media

/ السبت 03 آيار 2025 / Sexth Issue Summar / 1940

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Racism is a concept that emphasizes the centrality of the self, while marginalizing the other, and believing in their inferiority. Western racism, which white Westerners believed in the supremacy and purity of their race, was the main tool for justifying Western colonization and the oppression and enslavement of other races.

Based on this, the white master had to be in control of the world’s affairs and peoples. Western racism used literature, art, and media to reinforce the Western view of the "other" as inferior, suspicious, and in a lower status. It also promoted the idea of the white man being the only one capable of creativity, innovation, and building civilization. Western racism succeeded in literature by spreading racist novels. It also succeeded in the field of art by portraying racism through paintings, portraits, statues, and films. The media was also used to serve its racist goals.

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