Discursive deracialization is a term used for the rhetorical removal of 'race' from potentially racially motivated arguments.[1] Earlier known as "deracialization of discourse",[2] discursive deracialization is where the opposition to, or negative representations of, minority out-groups is attributed to reasons other than race.[3][4][5] Discourse does not have to be explicitly racist to have discriminatory, exclusionary and oppressive effects.[6] Downplaying race as an explanatory construct may allow for the continued institutionalisation of racial exclusion.[7] Goodman and Burke[8] point out that economic, religious and incompatibility arguments are used in the discursive deracialization of opposition to asylum-seeking (in the UK). These explanatory arguments may be viewed in light of an increasing emphasis on national belonging and discourses of nation in the discursive deracialization of racist discourses.[9]
References
edit- ^ Goodman, S., & Burke, S. (2011). Discursive deracialization in talk about asylum seeking. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 21(2), 111-123. doi:10.1002/casp.1065
- ^ Reeves, 1983
- ^ Augoustinos, M., & Every, D. (2007). The language of "race" and prejudice: A discourse of denial, reason, and liberal-practical politics. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 26(2), 123-141. doi:10.1177/0261927X07300075
- ^ Capdevila, R., & Callaghan, J. (2008). ‘It’s not racist. It’s common sense’. A critical analysis of political discourse around asylum and immigration in the UK. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 18, 1–16.
- ^ Lynn, N., & Lea, S. (2003). ‘A phantom menace and the new apartheid’: The social construction of asylum-seekers in the United Kingdom. Discourse and Society, 14, 425–452.
- ^ Wetherell, M., & Potter, J. (1992). Mapping the language of racism. London: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
- ^ Augoustinos, M., & Every, D. (2007). The language of "race" and prejudice: A discourse of denial, reason, and liberal-practical politics. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 26(2), 123-141. doi:10.1177/0261927X07300075.
- ^ Goodman, S., & Burke, S. (2011). Discursive deracialization in talk about asylum seeking. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 21(2), 111-123. doi:10.1002/casp.1065
- ^ Augoustinos, M., & Every, D. (2007). The language of "race" and prejudice: A discourse of denial, reason, and liberal-practical politics. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 26(2), 123-141. doi:10.1177/0261927X07300075.
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