Politics of Tourism

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‘Tourism is built on the backbone of white supremacy’. What do you think?

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‘Tourism is built on the backbone of white supremacy’. What do you think?

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Jim Butcher
Oct 17, 2022
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A recipe for guilt and the re-racialisation of culture

Slavery was integral to the development of modern western societies, and racial thinking justified brutal colonialism. 

In that respect tourism, like everything else, is shaped by a history featuring brutality and discrimination based on a belief in racial superiority. It is a history we should know and reflect upon.

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