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Personally, I feel that the principle of "the past is not really the past" is true of most religious and racial conflicts around the world. Tensions have existed between the Roman Catholic church and other religious throughout history, and they continue today. Racial tensions have also continued throughout history. For example, colonialism has created racial tension amongst those colonized and the colonizers throughout history. Overall, I feel that racial tension is not necessarily a thing of the past, but rather a continuous issue that has persisted throughout time.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great example of how the construction of identities plays a role in the relationships between states. In this case there are different segments of the country that have identified themselves with a particular religion, and have constructed either Islam or Catholicism as "the other". Through representing the other religion as an opposite of itself, these individuals are claiming different territories within the country, as it is being divided in relation to the religious affiliation of its inhabitants. In this way we can see how culture may be construed as power, because these religious views are powerful enough to shape the division of a state.
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