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Race Essentialism And Racism Relativism

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This article identifies the problems as race essentialism and racism relativism, and argues instead that journalists need the concept of racialization in order to change their reporting and how journalists report race and racism was at the center of the South Africa 's Human Rights Commission Inquiry into racism in the media.

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