Bati Avrupa’da Yükselen Yeni-Irkçilik Üzerine Bir Deneme
A Short Essay about Rising Tendency of a New Racism in Europe

Summary/Abstract: The massacre of millions of Jewish people and others who had identities different from the German race during the Second World War created a scientific interest among political scientists in particular and in other social sciences in general. Many of the recent researches reveal that racism is still alive which has transformed itself to new dimension by creating new parameters and finding new enemies. The arson cases targeting Turkish minority in Germany, the uprisings in the French suburbs, the bomb attacks on an Islamic school and mosques in Netherland, the increasing racist attacks in Britain and in many other Western European countries and all discriminatory practices represent the new faces of racism. The main aim of this study is to examine the hostility toward foreigners in Western Europe which has become prevalent and increased its visibility on the debates of new-racism. In this context, the first chapter constitutes the theoretical framework which elaborates the concepts of race, racism and new-racism. The differences and similarities between classical and new racism are explained. In the second section, a causal explanation of recent events in Western Europe by the phenomenon of new-racism is scrutinized. The practices of new racism, both in social and legal realms are evaluated through examples in developed countries of Western Europe such as Denmark, Germany, Britain, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands. In the light of this debate, it is aimed to show how “foreigners” who are the subject of new-racism are excluded from all walks of life and how new-racism reproduces itself in daily life. In conclusion, this study emphasizes the importance and urgency of the need for taking necessary measures, and cautions against new-racist movements.

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