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Judith Butler refuses award at Berlin Pride citing racism
FEATURED, TALK ABOUT RACE — BY JESSIE DANIELS ON JUNE 28, 2010 AT 6:00 AM
Originally posted on Racism Review.
Last week, noted social critic and philosophy professor Judith Butler refused the Berlin Civil Courage Award saying, “I must distance myself from this racist complicity” (h/t @blacklooks via Twitter). Butler was referring to anti-immigrant media campaigns that repeatedly represent migrants as ‘archaic’, ‘patriarchal’, ‘homophobic’, violent, and unassimilable while at the same time prominent (white) gay organizations in Berlin encourage a heightened police presence in gay neighborhoods where there are more people of color.
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