The perception of racism in ambiguous scenarios

Mellor, D. J.; Bynon, Gai; Maller, Jerome Joseph; Cleary, Felicity; Hamilton, A. R.; Watson, Lara

doi:10.1080/13691830124387

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“…While making attributions to racism is a complex process (see e.g. Major, Quinton, and McCoy 2002;Stangor et al 2003), reporting experiences of discrimination may be painful (Schmitt and Branscombe 2002), and international research indicates that individuals are more likely to underrather than overestimate experiences of racism (Mellor et al 2001;Sechrist, Swim, and Stangor 2004;Kaiser, Dyrenforth, and Hagiwara 2006). Camille's claims then that the groups that she works with routinely use racism to their own advantage appear weak in light of this literature.…”

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‘Speaking’ racism and anti-racism: perspectives of local anti-racism actors

Nelson¹

2014

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Speaking' racism is the explicit use of the terms racism and anti-racism, rather than more palatable or 'positive' alternatives. To address racism, using the language of racism and anti-racism is critical, as it acknowledges the presence of racism and, in doing so, overcomes denial. Dispositions to speaking racism and anti-racism are positioned within the historical context of racism and the discourse of tolerance in Australia. Interviews with individuals working in local anti-racism in two sites were the primary data source for exploring dispositions to the language of racism and anti-racism. Reticence to speak racism was prevalent, largely driven by fear of inducing defensiveness and sensitivity to the highly emotive nature of racism. A similar ambivalence around the term anti-racism was found, in line with the 'positive turn' in anti-racism policy. Alongside this discomfort, some local anti-racism actors recognized the role that speaking racism could play in challenging denial.

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‘Speaking’ racism and anti-racism: perspectives of local anti-racism actors

Nelson¹

2014

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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“…Indica que las más recientes teorías sobre la naturaleza del racismo sugieren "que en las últimas décadas se ha expresado de maneras más sutiles y ambiguas", debido a que, aunque muchos blancos proclaman la igualdad, sus actuaciones y comportamientos están "influenciados por prejuicios que están enterrados profundamente en su psique" (Mellor et al, 2001).…”

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Análisis Crítico del Discurso: discriminación contra indígenas y afrodescendientes en la televisión ecuatoriana

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Milanés

2019

Estud. Mensaje Period.

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Este trabajo nace de la preocupación de los integrantes del proyecto, por la no presencia de indígenas y afrodescendientes en los telediarios de la televisión ecuatoriana, así como por la percepción que tienen los representantes de estas razas por los estereotipos que les atribuyen, especialmente, en los programas cómicos. Todo esto, pese a que la Ley Orgánica de Comunicación prohíbe la discriminación, además es inclusiva y promueve la multiculturalidad y la plurinacionalidad en todos los niveles. La metodología utilizada para esta investigación fue el Análisis Crítico del Discurso de la Discriminación Percibida, basada en la taxonomía elaborada por el científico australiano David Mellor. Para ello, se entrevistó (con un cuestionario de preguntas abiertas) a una muestra no probabilística por conveniencia conformada por personas afrodescendientes e indígenas, de la ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador.

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“…There was a growing recognition that there was not a monolithic racism, but a diversity of racisms which are fluid, manifest in complex ways and historically specific (Gilroy, 1990;Goldberg, 1993). It was also acknowledged that racisms continually evolve to new circumstances, have become more subtle and ambiguous, and can produce a racist effect while denying that racism was the cause (Mellor et al, 2001;Solomos and Back, 2001). In particular, scholars have contended that whilst there is a widespread recognition that racism is undesirable in contemporary society, white people continue to employ a racist framework to interpret their social world and may endorse notions of equality while simultaneously retaining prejudice and stereotyped views of minority ethnic groups (Jones, 1997).…”

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“…There has been significantly less attention paid to everyday experiences of and responses to racism, including perceptions of what constitutes racism and feelings and coping strategies. Some research within this area has been conducted in the United States (Anderson, 1999;Waters, 1999;Lamont, 2000) particularly in the field of social psychology wherein racism has been conceptualized as a stigma, as an attempt to capture the ways in which ethnic minorities feel marginalized and not fully accepted by the wider society (Mellor et al, 2001;Oyserman and Swim, 2001). The importance of understanding the subjective daily experiences of racism has also been highlighted by Essed (2002), who has argued that it is necessary to explore the views of those who experience racism to help identify the covert and subtle nature of contemporary racisms.…”

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Multicultural Living?

Herbert

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Wills

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European Urban and Regional Studies

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Since the 1990s migrants from smaller, legally differentiated and non-citizen immigrant groups have formed the main flows of migration to the UK and yet they have been overlooked in academic and public debates and agendas. While much academic research has been devoted to racism, the new forms of racism which accompany the `new migration' have also received little attention. This article, therefore, demonstrates the continuing importance and changing nature of contemporary racisms as experienced by Ghanaians; a less-established migrant group. The article traces the particular forms of racisms experienced within their working lives as well as their diverse responses to racism: a relatively unexplored dimension of discrimination. The various coping strategies which the workers developed to overcome difficulties are highlighted, at the individual and collective levels, and this reveals the importance of diaspora groups and transnational links. It is argued that focusing on responses to racism is a crucial facet in helping to understand the actual impact of racial discrimination and also avoids portraying minority ethnic groups as the passive recipients of racisms. The article is also an intervention into the current debates about multicultural Britain. It is argued that the current discourse on the failures of multiculturalism should focus less on minority ethnic groups as the principal problem for integration and engage with the issues of racism, exclusion and material inequalities which penetrate the lives of low-paid migrant workers.

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The perception of racism in ambiguous scenarios

Cited by 20 publications

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‘Speaking’ racism and anti-racism: perspectives of local anti-racism actors

‘Speaking’ racism and anti-racism: perspectives of local anti-racism actors

Análisis Crítico del Discurso: discriminación contra indígenas y afrodescendientes en la televisión ecuatoriana

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