(Post-)colonoial structure of power are still persistent today. They can be seen in economical unequalitites, stereotypes or images of so-called "strangers". The colonial history is just a small part of the German culture of rememberence. Dresden Postkolonial - a study group, coming from a seminar at the TU Dresden - wants to confront this approach. The group is doing research to Dresden's colonial history and organises anti-racist and post-colonial education in form of post-colonial tours through the city, courses and lectures [according to the site editor's information, editorial staff ilissAfrica]....
The perception of one-self and the perception of an outgroup determine our everyday thinking. How we perceive other people is, however, often reflected by stereotypes. Such stereotypes are often defined in terms of culture. They generate prejudice, most of the time going hand in hand with overhasty judgements about certain groups. Schwarzweiss set itself as a goal to identify such a "black-and-white-thinking", its backgrounds and the historic reasons of its generation to finally overcome these ways of thinking in dialogue and communication[according to the site editor's information, editorial staff ilissAfrica]....