ABD’de Apartheidın Değişen Yüzleri

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 15 - 24, 30.06.2022

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https://doi.org/10.33817/muhakeme.1079191

Abstract

Bu makale Amerika Birleşik Devletlerindeki günümüzde hala, başta siyahlar olmak üzere ırkî azınlık gruplarına, sistematik bir şekilde uygulanan ırk ayrımcılığının kapsamını belirlemektedir. Bunu yaparken de, karşılaştırmalı tarihi sosyolojik metodu uygulayarak, ülkedeki ırk ayrımının tarihi kökenlerini takip etmektedir. Söz konusu sosyolojik yaklaşım zaman içerisinde aynı ırk siyasetinin - ırkî azınlıkların beyaz çoğunluktan ayrıştırılması - farklı tatbiklerini karşılaştırma olanağı tanımaktadır. Bu makaledeki ana amaçlardan biri, okuyucuya ABD’deki ırkî ayrımcılığın zaman içerisinde değişen doğasını göstermektir. Dolayısıyla, bu makale iki ana akademik soru üzerine inşa edilmiştir: 1) ABD’deki ırk ayrımının ülkenin kuruluşundan bu yana tarihi safhaları nelerdir? ve 2) ABD’deki ırk ayrımcılığının (eğer varsa) çağdaş uygulamaları nelerdir?

Keywords

ırkçılık, ABD, apartheid, ayrımcılık, ırk ayrımı

Changing Faces of the American Apartheid

Abstract

This article pinpoints the contemporary racial segregation in the USA which has still implemented systematically against racial minorities; especially against blacks. While doing so, it also traces the historical roots of the color line in the country by employing comparative historical sociological methodology. This methodology allows us to compare different implementations of the same racial policy over time: discriminate racial minorities from white majority. One of the main purposes is to show the reader the changing nature of the racial segregation over time in the US context. Thus, this article has two main scholarly questions to answer; 1) What are the main historical phases of the color line in the US since its foundation?, and 2) What are the contemporary practices of racial segregation in the US (if there are any)?

Keywords

racism, USA, apartheid, slavery, color line, segregation

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