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Arnold M. Rose, The Roots of Prejudice, UNESCO, Paris, 1951; UNESCO,
"Statement on Race and Racial Prejudice", Paris, 1967 and 1978).
See Pierre-André Taguieff, op. cit., p. 362. According to the author,
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neo-racism no longer presupposes dogmatism and plain inequality in the relations
between the races but corresponds to "racist theorizing based on the postulate
of the irreducibility, incompatibility or incommunicability or total separation
of cultures, mental structures, morals or community traditions". See also the
report of the Secretary-General on measures to combat racism and racial
discrimination and the role of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination
and Protection of Minorities (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1992/11).
10/ See Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments (United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.XIV.1 (Vol. I, Part 2)).
11/ See Charles Murray and Richard J. Herrnstein, The Bell Curve,
New York, Free Press, 1994.
12/ Blacks rightly question why Western culture describes everything that
is negative as "black": "black humour", "black economy", "black market", "to be
in a black mood", the French expression "être le nègre de quelqu’un" [to
describe the act of ghost-writing]; they jokingly say that they "work like a
nigger", unconsciously, perhaps, evoking the inhuman working conditions of black
slaves.
13/ Amadou Mhatar M’Bow, in the preface to Histoire générale de l’Afrique,
vol. I, Méthodologie et préhistoire africaine, Paris, UNESCO/Jeune Afrique,
1980.
14/ See the scientific work done by UNESCO and the scholarly publications
of that organization; such as the General History of Africa in eight volumes and
works in progress on Islamic culture, the history of Asian, Latin American and
Caribbean civilizations, and Slavic cultures.
15/ In its issue of Tuesday, 9 November 1994, the daily newspaper Le Monde
printed the front-page headline "La malédiction du continent noir" ["Curse of
the Dark Continent"] to emphasize the Africans’ inability to progress.
16/ Nathan Ackerman and Marie Jahoda, Anti-Semitism and Emotional
Disorder, New York, Harper, 1950.
17/ Communication dated 12 October 1992 from the International Council of
Jewish Women.
18/ This was done by Benin, Bolivia, China, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Mexico,
Myanmar, Pakistan, Panama, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen and
Zambia.
19/ See Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1993/20 and 1994/64 and
Economic and Social Council decision 1993/258.
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