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1	Att vara svart kvinna i Sverige : En kvalitativ studie om vardagsrasism / To be a black woman in Sweden : A qualitative study on everyday racism Barth, Julius F. January 2021 (has links) This bachelor’s thesis is an effort to understand how black women in Sweden experience 'race' and racism in everyday life. The theoretical framework includes a postcolonial theory from Sara Ahmed, with the concept of 'race' as a key element. Additional to that, Judith Butler’s gender performativity theory contributes to a broader understanding of the informants’ situation. The material consisting of interviews with four young black women implies that everyday racism is present in Swedish society to that extent that 'race' is a major aspect of these women’s life. In everyday encounters with the white majority of the society, they often feel different, marginalized, objectified and exotified. Furthermore, the informants experience that their skin color and phenotypic markers are a magnet for white people’s fetish and fantasies, but also an obstacle to obtain legitimacy in interactions with them. To those reasons, the informants are considering migrating to a country where black people are forming a larger minority in society than it is the case in Sweden. That opens up the possibility to interact with more black people who have similar experiences of being exposed to everyday racism. IMER 'race' social hierarchy postcolonial everyday racism female informants Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Genusstudier
2	“Jag pallar inte kriga hela tiden. Vem fan är det som krigar för mig när det händer mig någonting?” : En kvalitativ studie om vardagsrasismens uttryck och påverkan på fem kvinnor. / “I can’t fight all the time. Who the hell supports me if something happens to me?" : A qualitative study of the expression of everyday racism and its impact on five women. Andersson, Julia January 2021 (has links) The aim of this study is to describe and explain how five women with a non-European background find the expression of everyday racism in today’s Swedish society, how everyday racism can affect their mental health and how they experience that the Swedish majority population handle and respond to everyday racism. The study is qualitative and was made with semi-structured interviews. The theories used are the theory of everyday racism, "we" and "the Others" and Goffman’s stigma. The results indicate that everyday racism is manifested through the population's ignorance and silence, comments, prejudices and stereotypes and is mainly expressed in arenas where there are many people at the same time. According to the women, the school and the labor market are the two most common arenas for the expression of everyday racism. They witness that the Swedish majority population rarely deal with the occurrence of everyday racism. Their mental health is negatively affected by everyday racism and can lower the individual's self-esteem. The study’s three theories that include everyday racism, “we” and “the Others” and stigma can be applied to the women's stories about their experiences and feelings about everyday racism in the Swedish society. Everyday racism “we” and “the Others” stigma female informants IMER Vardagsrasism “vi” och “de Andra” stigma kvinnliga informanter IMER Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap Cultural Studies Kulturstudier Gender Studies Genusstudier

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Att vara svart kvinna i Sverige : En kvalitativ studie om vardagsrasism / To be a black woman in Sweden : A qualitative study on everyday racism