"Racial formation is a specifically modern phenomenon that coincided with the colonial expansion of various western European nation-states—Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Holland, Denmark, and England—beginning in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century. It was an outgrowth of encounters between Europeans and populations that were very different from themselves culturally and, above all, phenotypically as they established colonial empires in the New World, Asia, the Pacific, and, eventually, Africa. More important, racial formation was a catalyst in the creation of and justification for a unique form of slavery. Although expansion, conquest, exploitation, and enslavement had been part of human history for millennia, none of these phenomena were supported by ideologies or social systems based on race."
–G. Reginald Daniel (2004)
#EndSystemicRacism #JusticeForTrayvon
About Drew Dellinger
Drew Dellinger, Ph.D., is an internationally known speaker, poet, writer, and teacher whose keynotes and poetry performances—which address ecology, justice, cosmology, and connectedness—have inspired minds and hearts around the world. He is also a consultant, filmmaker, and founder of Planetize the Movement.
Dellinger has presented at over 1400 events across the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. He has spoken and performed at numerous conferences—including TEDWomen, Bioneers, the Green Festival, the Dream Reborn, and the Parliament of the World’s Religions—as well as colleges and universities, poetry venues, protests, and places of worship.
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