{"id":2946,"date":"2022-09-03T11:46:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T09:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/?page_id=2946"},"modified":"2022-09-03T11:47:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T09:47:16","slug":"local-racisms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vesna-bukovec.net\/eng\/drawings\/local-racisms","title":{"rendered":"Local Racisms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Year: 2022
\nTechnique: 7 drawings, ink on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm<\/p>\n

The drawings were commissioned by the City of Women for a poster campaign and promotion of the 28th International Festival of Contemporary Arts \u2013 City of Women<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Originally a differentiation based on skin colour or race, racism also provides the background to the logic of excluding entire groups of people who deviate from the norm \u2013 what the majority considers \u201cnatural\u201d or \u201cours\u201d. Racism is as omnipresent as the polluted air that we are breathing. It is based on the fear of losing one\u2019s own privileges and establishes the Other as the danger. On a systemic level, it is present in the state apparatus, but can also be found in cultural patterns as well as in public and private spaces. It is ingrained in our speech, forming the basis for both humour and violence, and is a relic of the past.<\/p>\n

In 1992, the newly independent state of Slovenia illegally erased 25,671 people from the register of permanent residents, thereby taking away their legal status and related economic, health and social rights. Overnight, they became foreigners \u2013 just like the refugees and asylum seekers whose human rights are systematically violated and who suffer inhuman treatment. Migrant workers working in difficult, even slave-like conditions for a meagre wage are also subject to the racist Foreigners Act and long-term bureaucratic procedures.<\/p>\n

The Romani people have been a target of racism from the majority population since forever; among other things, Slovenia violates their human right of access to drinking water. Citizens who emigrated from the republics of the former Yugoslavia and their descendants experience racism because of their surname or accent. LGBTQI+ persons are exposed to verbal and systemic violence; a few years ago, their constitutional rights were violated by the referendum decision of the majority population. In a predominantly white population, every person of a different skin colour is subject to racist treatment on a daily basis. Even when it is not out of malice, the first question they get is \u201cWhere do you come from?\u201d, as if it were impossible for them to be born here. <\/p>\n

Nationalism is based on the glorification of the \u201cright\u201d nation and the exclusion of all others, while capital and politics benefit from creating differences between \u201cus\u201d and \u201cthem\u201d and directing hate towards \u201cthem\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Nationalism Is Racism<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Act of Erasure Is Systemic Racism<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Human Rights of Romani People Are Violated<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Long History of Racism<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Human Rights of Refugees Are Violated<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Exploitation of Migrant Workers<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Are Violated<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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