Deconstructing Racist Humor: How Archie Boston’s Advertisements Provoke Institutionalized Racism

Racism, disadvantage and multiculturalism: towards effective anti-racist praxis

The practice of multiculturalism in modern liberal democracies has been hampered by lack of a clear definition of ‘racism’ and ‘anti-racism’ as well as confusion about the role of multiculturalism in addressing disadvantage and combating racism. This lack of clarity has contributed to a marginalization of anti-racism within multiculturalism. As a prerequisite to re-centring anti-racist praxis w...

How Humor Works

Mispredicting affective and behavioral responses to racism.

Contemporary race relations are marked by an apparent paradox: Overt prejudice is strongly condemned, yet acts of blatant racism still frequently occur. We propose that one reason for this inconsistency is that people misunderstand how they would feel and behave after witnessing racism. The present research demonstrates that although people predicted that they would be very upset by a racist ac...

Cost Oriented Humanoid Robot Archie

Robotics can be regarded as a typical and representative part of Mechatronic, as a cutting edge technology in this rapidly expanding research field. Hence on the tree of robotic life, humanlike robots play a particularly valuable role. This Paper deals with design of cost oriented teen sized humanoid robot Archie. It describes the mechanical and electrical components and how action commands are...

“A Woman out of Control”: Deconstructing Sexism and Racism in the University

Equity measures and attempts at inclusivity in the university, such as harassment policies and prejudice reduction workshops, tend to treat sexism, racism, and other forms of marginalization and exclusion as attitudinal and individualistic properties. Through discussion of a critical incident in which I was involved, I argue that sexism and racism are systemic; they are power relations that hav...