Signifying Aggrieved White Selves: Trump Supporters’ Racial Identity Work

Schrock, Douglas; Buggs, Shantel Gabrieal; Buyukozturk, Bertan; Erichsen, Kristen; Ivey, Andre

doi:10.1177/23326492211020780

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“…Framing themselves as victims of anti-White bias and as (unjust) sacrificial offerings to make room for racial diversity in the workplace, these White respondents actively construct a narrative of an aggrieved but superior White self (Schrock et al 2022). Such narratives illustrate a “refusal to recognize the long history of structural discrimination that has left Whites with the differential resources they have today and all of its consequent advantages in negotiating opportunity structures” (Mills 2007:28).…”

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“…In these narratives, questions about privilege and their own behavior are overlooked; the accomplishments and capabilities of supervisors and colleagues of color-as well as the structural barriers they face-are also erased. As a result, faith aids the production of ignorance about the experiences of people of color and the persistence of White (male) dominance in the workplace, even while reinforcing a narrative of a White aggrieved self (Schrock et al 2022). Religious frames are used to protect assumptions of superiority and entitlement, allowing White Christians to perceive themselves as righteous in their grievances and morally exemplary, deflecting attention away from structural advantages.…”

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“…Analyzing narratives of Christians of color alongside White Christians allows us to not only compare across different racial groups responses to perceived racial discrimination but also to examine how religious frames may serve different functions for Christians of color and White Christians because of their social locations. Narratives of “anti-White racial oppression” and White victimhood often go hand in hand with the positioning of the (White) self as “morally and intellectually superior to racialized Others,” thereby reinforcing racial hierarchies and potentially fueling subtle and blatant racism in the workplace (Schrock et al 2022:115).…”

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“Take It to the Lord”: Religion and Responses to Racial Discrimination in the Workplace

Schneider,

Mabute-Louie,

Howard Ecklund

et al. 2024

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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Drawing on in-depth interview data from the nationally representative Faith at Work: An Empirical Study, this article contributes to understanding the role of religion in shaping interpretations of and responses to racial discrimination in the workplace. Specifically, it shows how Christians of different racial groups understand the relevance of their faith in coping with perceived racial discrimination in the workplace, and it illuminates the religious frames that respondents employ to “make sense” of perceived racial discrimination at work. We find that Christians of color and White Christians primarily draw on religious frames such as forgiveness and divine sovereignty in response to perceived discrimination but that these frames serve different functions. Some Christians of color also link their faith to a moral conviction to stand up for themselves and others in the workplace. While most studies on the connection between religion and racial discrimination focus on faith as an individual-level coping mechanism and buffering effect, this article also analyzes the implications of religion on racial hierarchies and racial equity efforts in the workplace—including a focus on how religion serves to produce epistemologies of ignorance and support feelings of White victimhood. Our study contributes to the scholarship on racial discrimination and religion by offering new insights into how Christians of different racial groups use faith to cope with perceived racial discrimination at work.

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“Take It to the Lord”: Religion and Responses to Racial Discrimination in the Workplace

Schneider,

Mabute-Louie,

Howard Ecklund

et al. 2024

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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“…If we conceive definitional boundaries as social norms then they may be implicated in intergroup contact (direct and indirect; Christ et al, 2014;Greenland, 2021;Pettigrew et al, 2007;Ramiah et al, 2015). DBDs might even be considered as performative, that is, a way in which to communicate and regulate inter-and intragroup relations (Durrheim et al, 2016;Ellemers & van den Bos, 2012;Schrock et al, 2022). what can objectively be termed discrimination (but rather where these boundaries are often located in public discourse).…”

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Definitional boundaries of discrimination: Tools for deciding what constitutes discrimination (and what doesn't)

Greenland

West

Laar

2022

J Applied Social Pyschol

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What counts as discrimination? Sometimes an event has to be a deliberate act of hate before it is described as discrimination. Sometimes "discrimination" can include much more subtle actions (e.g., microaggressions). There is good evidence that "what counts" as discrimination is mired in controversy, uncertainty, or ambivalence. We present a novel approach that bridges sociocultural and social cognitive accounts of "discrimination." Definitional boundaries of discrimination are the widely shared, common sense rules that people deploy when arguing whether an event constitutes discrimination or not (e.g., an emphasis on the personality of the alleged perpetrator; the importance of intention; and claims that the problem of discrimination is small and/or mostly limited to the past). These rules are culturally situated but also deployed by individuals in specific local contexts. We introduce a 15-item measure

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“…This is reflected in key areas of policy from policing to immigration. It is also reflected in political rhetoric including the condoning of White supremacist acts and attacks on the Black Lives Matter movement as part of an effort to mobilise Trump’s base through an appeal to white victimhood (Bobo, 2017; Kelly, 2020; Schrock et al, 2021).…”

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Racial formation and education: A critical analysis of the Sewell report

Tikly

2022

Ethnicities

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The article provides an analysis and critique of the education component of the 2021 Sewell Report on Race and Ethnic Disparities. It commences by providing a critical summary of the report focusing on its spurious claims to objectivity, the erasure of racism and the inadequacy of its recommendations. The second part of the article focuses on developing a contextualised analysis of the report. Omi and Winant’s ideas about racial formation are used to provide a lens through which to interpret the Sewell report as part of a wider hegemonic project of the right to redefine what it means to be British in the context of a deepening organic crises of capitalism. The article outlines the nature of the crisis. It locates the report within a consideration of three ‘racial projects’ that have shaped education policy, namely, the nationalist, multicultural and antiracist projects. Through advocating a ‘colourblind’ approach to education policy and the selective appropriation of multicultural discourse, it will be argued that the report needs to be understood as part of a wider effort to reconfigure the nationalist project in response to crisis. It is suggested, however, that despite its many flaws, the Sewell report poses challenges for those who have traditionally been aligned to multiculturalism and antiracism in education. The article concludes by setting out a vision for a new progressive project aimed at advancing racial and cultural justice that it is suggested, can begin to address these challenges.

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Signifying Aggrieved White Selves: Trump Supporters’ Racial Identity Work

Cited by 6 publications

References 47 publications

“Take It to the Lord”: Religion and Responses to Racial Discrimination in the Workplace

“Take It to the Lord”: Religion and Responses to Racial Discrimination in the Workplace

Definitional boundaries of discrimination: Tools for deciding what constitutes discrimination (and what doesn't)

Racial formation and education: A critical analysis of the Sewell report

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