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Chapter 7: Criticism against racism in comparative and international education

  • Charl C Wolhuter(author)
Chapter of: The Global South and comparative and international education: A leitmotif
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TitleChapter 7: Criticism against racism in comparative and international education
ContributorCharl C Wolhuter(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2024.BK434.07
Landing pagehttps://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/ob/catalog/book/434
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
CopyrightCharl C Wolhuter 2024. Licensee: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. The moral right of the author has been asserted.
PublisherAOSIS
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In contemporary comparative and international education, criticism against Northern hegemony also appears in the form of criticism against racism in education and in comparative and international education. This chapter proffers a definition of racism and cautions against such criticism easily going over into a(nother) kind of racism itself. It is also argued that racism cannot be combatted by resorting to anti-social behaviour or by violating the human rights of any person. Having said that, it cannot be denied that racism is a factor inhibiting the Global South from coming to its right in education in the world and in comparative and international education. This racism, and any other form of racism, should be resisted and eradicated by scholars in the field. In countering racism and in constructing a field more aligned to the noblest of intentions that have given rise to comparative and international education, intercultural education is suggested as most promising. Cultivating intercultural education scholars of comparative and international education can contribute to crafting a worthy scholarly field and a humane global education project free of racism.

Print length9 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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Charl C Wolhuter

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North-West University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4602-7113

Charl C Wolhuter studied at the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria, the University of South Africa and Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in comparative education at Stellenbosch University. He was a junior lecturer in history of education and comparative education at the University of Pretoria and a senior lecturer in history of education and comparative education at the University of Zululand. Currently, he is a comparative and international education professor at the Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University, South Africa. He has held visiting professorships at, among others, Brock University, Canada; Driestar Pedagogical University, the Netherlands; the University of Crete, Greece; Canterbury Christ University, United Kingdom; the University of Joensuu, Finland; the University of Queensland, Australia; the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; Mataj Bel University, Slovakia; Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Ukraine; University of Zhengzhou, China; the University of Namibia, Namibia; the University of the Western Cape, SouthAfrica; the Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen, Germany; the University of Latvia, Latvia; the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; the University of Tarapaca, Chile; and San Martín University, Argentina. He is the author of various books and articles on the history of education and comparative education. He is also the assistant editor of the journal Comparative Education Review.

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