Antiracism education

An introduction to Antiracism Education

Antiracism forces us to identifying racially because understanding the complexities of race is essential in understanding racism and why it persists despite the efforts to “eradicate” it. Finland is not a stranger to these terms even though it shy away from them. This introductory lecture will throw light on the centrality of race in Finland, the intricacies of racism and the possibility in antiracism. Antiracism as a word endorses recognition of the existence of racism. Which is a major step in uprooting racism. Antiracism gives space for the discourse of racism in a way that existing multiculturalism programmes /discourses in Finland do not. There cannot be any solution to the problem of racism in Finland unless the proposed solution(s) is centred in antiracism principles and methodologies. The lecture will introduce key components of antiracism education in Finland.