“Let’s help our own:” Humanitarian compassion as racial governance in settler colonialism

This article explores narratives of humanitarian compassion as rendered intelligible through the relational intersecting concerns about Syrian refugees and the suicide crisis in the Indigenous community of Attawapiskat, Ontario. Fuelled by a combination of anti-refugee rhetoric, racism and ongoing c...

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Main Author: Carmela Murdocca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2020-12-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1111