Klämtar klockan för Klippans kommun? En studie i rasism och antirasism
The subject of the essay is about a society called Klippan and the existing conflicts there between an active racist group and some youths with foreign heritage. The essay also concerns issues like racism, its effects and how it is expressed at different levels in a society. Futhermore we discuss how a community can prevent 'subtle' racism and open declared racism and how to work in a racist manner. We also talk about which role the immigrant youths play in the conflicts and how their behaviour can be understood. Another perspective that is discussed is which aspects can affect individuals to join an active racist group and which factors can make them leave such a group. Two examples of anti-racist projects illustrate this discussion: "Stocken" och " Krocken", which took place in Klippan. Finally we conclude that subtle racism and open declared racism is interrelated and that different factors at the structural level in a sosiety may have a function of legitimate. Furthermore we discuss how Klippan has worked in an anti-racism manner and discuss which components should be included in an anti-racist work. We continouesly use our empirical material throught the essay.