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A Letter from Poland - Sugar-coated racism

08.03.2024 10:30
This week's Letter is the first of a series taking a look at the misperception of Africa by Europe - including Poland.  
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  • 05'37
    A look at a species of racism with a sweeter taste, akin to Edward Said's use of "orientalism".
Pears soap advertisement from 1884 based on Aesops fable with the idea that black people can wash off their colour. Did Tuwim, the Polish poet, base his poem about the Little Negro Bambo on this tradition?
Pear's soap advertisement from 1884 based on Aesop's fable with the idea that black people can "wash off" their colour. Did Tuwim, the Polish poet, base his poem about the "Little Negro Bambo" on this "tradition"?Image: Pear's advertisement/wiki/CC

Presented by Patrick Trompiz.