Rhetoric, Race, and Resentment: Whiteness and the New Days of Rage

Carstarphen, Meta G.; Welch, Kathleen E.; Anderson, Wendy K. Z.; Houck, Davis W.; McPhail, Mark Lawrence; Frank, David; Jackson, Rachel C.; McVey, James Alexander; Gilbert, Christopher J.; Davis, Patricia; Corrigan, Lisa M.

doi:10.1080/07350198.2017.1355191

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“…Much of the extremist organizing that occurs in digital spaces, for example, is part of a long tradition of conservative and right-wing movements that exploit and feed into white Americans’ fear of losing cultural power and dominance in the United States (Belew, 2018; Carstarphen et al, 2017; Daniels, 2009). Moreover, although these groups are interpreted or treated as reactionary, these movements are attempting to actively preserve and expand the dominant ideology of white supremacy—a system that has defined American politics since the beginning—as much as possible, (Mills, 1999).…”

Section: Future Directions and Possible Research Questionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Of Humans, Machines, and Extremism: The Role of Platforms in Facilitating Undemocratic Cognition

DeCook

Forestal

2022

American Behavioral Scientist

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The events surrounding the 2020 U.S. election and the January 6 insurrection have challenged scholarly understanding of concepts like collective action, radicalization, and mobilization. In this article, we argue that online far-right radicalization is better understood as a form of distributed cognition, in which the groups’ online environment incentivizes certain patterns of behavior over others. Namely, these platforms organize their users in ways that facilitate a nefarious form of collective intelligence, which is amplified and strengthened by systems of algorithmic curation. In short, these platforms reflect and facilitate undemocratic cognition, fueled by affective networks, contributing to events like the January 6 insurrection and far-right extremism more broadly. To demonstrate, we apply this framing to a case study (the “Stop the Steal” movement) to illustrate how this framework can make sense of radicalization and mobilization influenced by undemocratic cognition.

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Section: Future Directions and Possible Research Questionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Of Humans, Machines, and Extremism: The Role of Platforms in Facilitating Undemocratic Cognition

DeCook

Forestal

2022

American Behavioral Scientist

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“…It relies on continued rapid growth beyond planetary boundaries in an attempt to create enough remunerated work for humans. It amplifies consumerism, creates unrealisable expectations and fragments society into mutually hostile sectors, some resentful (Carstarphen et al , 2017) and some jittery (Spencer, 2018). If there is no major change of direction, the result appears likely to be a descent into chaos.…”

Section: Global Ecological Overloadmentioning

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The future of work: disciplined useful activity

Cottey

2019

JGR

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the importance of the current global ecological overload (GEO) for the future of work in the twenty-first century and to propose a new understanding of what work is. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this purpose, the author uses qualitative methods to assess what is likely and what is possible. The author presents three broad-brush future scenarios, dubbed chaos, muddle and wisdom. The approach adopted depends on two basic normative principles, named Liveable Global Habitat and Necessities as of Right. Findings The neoliberal commitment to economic growth is a driver for GEO. A liveable future requires a decisive turn away from neoliberal values. As part of this, the author proposes a new understanding of work, disciplined useful activity, which differs radically from the current understanding. “Useful” means contributing to two basic principles: to maintain and enhance a civilised human society and a liveable global habitat for a rich variety of species; and to accord to all people, as of right, in practice and not merely in name, the basic necessities of a civilised life. Social implications AI and robots will probably continue to replace today’s kinds of human employment. But this need not render any humans unemployed, whose work (in the new sense) will be wanted in, for two examples, caring (including self-care) and participatory democracy. Originality/value This paper offers a contribution to the resolution of the current and anticipated problems of GEO and of disruptive technologies.

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“…For example, Wallsten, Nteta, McCarthy, and Tarsi's study (2017) contends racial resentment measures prejudice against African-American college athletes, further demonstrating how this prejudice affects how Whites feel about funding for minority athletes. Carstarphen et al (2017) tackle racial resentment as tied to a rhetoric of power and privilege which maintains racial inequality. The authors assert the importance of local narratives in the possibility for reconciliation and restorative dialogue.…”

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Responding to racial incivility in classrooms: Hospitality and responsibility

Piquemal

Misir

Heringer

2019

JGER

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This paper considers the relationship between education and hospitality in the specific context of moments of incivility in classrooms, with special attention to racial/white resentment. The authors reflect on the extent to which nurturing intellectual candor with interpretive charity (Callan, 2011) can be extended to incivility shaped by white resentment. They contend there is a need to approach hospitality as responsibility (Levinas, 1969, thereby suggesting conditions for student agency. The relationship between the educator as host and giver of hospitality and the students as guests and respondents is discussed (Ruitenberg, 2011b). The paper argues the role of the teacher is key to ensuring those at the receiving end of the perceived attack are able to reclaim hospitality by being given the space and the means to respond to the offense with agency. This paper discusses the need for parameters balancing free speech and teaching moments with restoring agency to the marginalized others. Finally, the study proposes responding to racial resentment requires framing teaching moments within an ethic of responsibility which aims to restore agency for those on the receiving end of racial incivility.

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Rhetoric, Race, and Resentment: Whiteness and the New Days of Rage

Cited by 15 publications

References 81 publications

Of Humans, Machines, and Extremism: The Role of Platforms in Facilitating Undemocratic Cognition

Of Humans, Machines, and Extremism: The Role of Platforms in Facilitating Undemocratic Cognition

The future of work: disciplined useful activity

Responding to racial incivility in classrooms: Hospitality and responsibility

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