"Our tears are not for sale!" Decolonizing the hegemonic order of knowledge on racism

Abstract

Drawing on a postcolonial critique of historical and contemporary forms of the hegemonic order of knowledge, this article aims to foreground an intersectional oriented decolonial practice in research on racism in Germany. In this context, it brings the concept of intersectionality into dialogue with decolonial perspectives on racism and pleads for creating a cross-community practice of resistance and solidarity between the various discriminated groups in the dominant society. This article argues that research on racism in Germany can benefit from intersectional oriented decolonial knowledge production. An intersectional perspective aims to produce critical, resistant and decolonial knowledge on racism.