In “Whiteness as Property,” Cheryl Harris tracks the construction of whiteness in the United States as legalized power, specifically as property. Defining property as the expectation of the right to property, Harris paints whiteness as a legalized sense of...
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Global Cinderellas: Migrant Domestic Workers in Asia | by Pei-Chia Lan
The increasing prosperity of East Asia since the mid-1970s has stimulated substantial international migration within the region. It is estimated that the number of temporary migrant workers in Asia, with or without legal documents, reached 6.1 million by 2000.[1]...
Goldstone’s ‘apartheid’ denial sparks strife | by Ben White
The author of the Gaza War report erroneously argues that Israel does not practice apartheid. After his famous article earlier this year on Gaza, Judge Richard Goldstone has written a new op-ed, this time seeking to defend Israel against charges of apartheid. There...
The deal behind the ‘Shalit Deal’: Prisoners, power, racism | by Toufic Haddad
If the prisoner exchange deal announced on 11 October 2011 between Hamas and the Israeli government is fully implemented without major hitches, there is little question who ‘won’ this fiveyear war of wills: the deal will constitute a major victory for Hamas and the...
Wal-Mart in Mexico: a blueprint for South Africa? | by Etienne Vlok and Simon Eppel
In 2004, the Mexican Federal Competition Commission took the peculiar step of allowing collusion in the Mexican retail market. It did so when it approved the establishment of Sinergia, a buying cooperative comprised of Mexico’s second, third and fourth largest...
