Where Was the Color in Seattle? Looking for Reasons Why the Great Battle was So White

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ID9198404
AuthorsElizabeth Martinez (0000-0001-6592-347X, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume52
Issue3
Pages141
Publication date2004-07-11
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMonthly Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520
PublisherMonthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14452/mr-052-03-2000-07_10
OpenAlexW2091965880
LanguageEN
Citations received18

"I was at the jail where a lot of protesters were being held and a big crowd of people was chanting 'This Is What Democracy Looks Like!' At first it sounded kind of nice. But then I thought: is this really what democracy looks like? Nobody here looks like me. " - Jinee Kim, Bay Area youth organizer. In the vast acreage of published analysis about the splendid victory over the World Trade Organization (WTO) last November 29-December 3, it is almost impossible to find anyone wondering why the forty to fifty thousand demonstrators were overwhelmingly Anglo. How can that be, when the WTO's main victims around the world are people of color? Understanding the reasons for the low level of color, and what can be learned from it, is absolutely crucial if we are to make Seattle's promise of a new, international movement against imperialist globalization come true.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

Ancient history · Battle · Democracy · Globalization · Media studies · nobody · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Victory · White (mutation) · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · History · Law

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