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The Reith Lectures: Robert Gardiner - World of Peoples: Contemporary Racial Moods

1965: Robert Gardiner - World of Peoples

21/11/1965

Contemporary Racial Moods

Robert Gardiner - World of Peoples

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Robert Gardiner explores the myths of race; from past history to current frustrations.

Robert Gardiner explores the myths of race; from past history to current frustrations in his lecture entitled 'Contemporary Racial Moods'.

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Robert Gardiner discusses the issues of race in his Reith series entitled 'A World of Peoples'. Born in Ghana, he has worked as the Head of the Ghana Civil Service, is a former Deputy Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Africa and has authored the book 'Development of Social Administration'.

In this lecture entitled 'Contemporary Racial Moods', Robert Gardiner explains why the concept of race resists precise definition and why race theorists persist in searching for proofs of racial differences in mentality. He explores myths which purport to explain racial differences by investigating past history and current frustrations. He provides examples of misconceived ideas by both white and black people and asks, how much of the colour conflict is due to fear? And if these fears were gone, would there be a chance of solving racial problems? 

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Robert Gardiner on how colonialism and financial inequality have affected race relations.

Robert Gardiner of the UN Economic Commission for Africa explores how issues of ethnocentrism, colonial authority and economic inequality have affected race relations.

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