Contents
1) Introduction 2
2) Race, Class and Gender 2
2.1) Race 2
2.2) Class 2
2.3) Gender 3
3) Causes and solutions 3
4) Conclusion 3
5) References 4
1) Introduction
Due to historical events in South Africa, xenophobia became violent and hostile during 2008. The aim of this essay is to review the film "where do I stand?" by Molly Blake in the context of race; class and gender. The film "where do I stand?" Provides different points of view from different groups of people; being different in terms of race, economic class and gender; of the happenings of the xenophobic attacks in 2008. Xenophobia is defined as violence and hostility towards people that are non-citizens, denying these people of basic human rights through discrimination …show more content…
they -being the Somalians- steal our women" as if women are objects. When a women stands on stage at ..., she had shown her compassion for the victims of xenophobic attacks and asks why such violence is shown to the foreigners. Gender differences are also shown when Yaamkela's mother reprimands her for stealing food from the Somalians whereas the males are left to "be men", where carrying weapons and inflicting violence is a man’s 'job'.
3) Causes and solutions
In order to improve South Africa it is of the opinion that the contact hypothesis should be used; wherein stating that two people from different ethnic groups were to come into contact; such as a job context; with equal status, these two people would realize they are the same and stop discrimination.
It can be said that apartheid, and racial discrimination is prevalent in 2014 in South Africa, and has been prevalent since democracy was established in 1994; therefore inadvertently contributing to xenophobia where distinctions between races; classes and genders are very much shown. Humanity should have conflicted with the violence non-foreigners were inflicting and xenophobic attacks should not have been a part of South African
1) Introduction 2
2) Race, Class and Gender 2
2.1) Race 2
2.2) Class 2
2.3) Gender 3
3) Causes and solutions 3
4) Conclusion 3
5) References 4
1) Introduction
Due to historical events in South Africa, xenophobia became violent and hostile during 2008. The aim of this essay is to review the film "where do I stand?" by Molly Blake in the context of race; class and gender. The film "where do I stand?" Provides different points of view from different groups of people; being different in terms of race, economic class and gender; of the happenings of the xenophobic attacks in 2008. Xenophobia is defined as violence and hostility towards people that are non-citizens, denying these people of basic human rights through discrimination …show more content…
they -being the Somalians- steal our women" as if women are objects. When a women stands on stage at ..., she had shown her compassion for the victims of xenophobic attacks and asks why such violence is shown to the foreigners. Gender differences are also shown when Yaamkela's mother reprimands her for stealing food from the Somalians whereas the males are left to "be men", where carrying weapons and inflicting violence is a man’s 'job'.
3) Causes and solutions
In order to improve South Africa it is of the opinion that the contact hypothesis should be used; wherein stating that two people from different ethnic groups were to come into contact; such as a job context; with equal status, these two people would realize they are the same and stop discrimination.
It can be said that apartheid, and racial discrimination is prevalent in 2014 in South Africa, and has been prevalent since democracy was established in 1994; therefore inadvertently contributing to xenophobia where distinctions between races; classes and genders are very much shown. Humanity should have conflicted with the violence non-foreigners were inflicting and xenophobic attacks should not have been a part of South African