Defending Whiteness Indirectly: a Synthetic Approach to Race Discourse Analysis  

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Foster, John D.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Discourse and Society (Full Text) vol. 25 no. 2 (Mar. 2014), page 685-703.
Topik: contradictions; racetalk; racism; white racial frame; whiteness
Fulltext: Vol 20, no (6), page 685–703.pdf (208.66KB)

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This article examines the discursive method utilized by a sample of white college students in the United States when engaging in racetalk. Findings reveal myriad contradictions within their responses. It is suggested that these contradictions are not coincidental; rather, they serve two important functions for the speakers: first, they aid the interlocutors in their impression management (i.e. their image of a nonracist); and second, the rationalization of the racial order. Utilizing an integrative approach, it is argued that this form of racetalk, whether intentionally or unintentionally, defends the white racial frame. This racetalk allows respondents to (1) project blame onto nonwhite Americans for race problems in US society, and (2) acknowledge racial difference only in contexts in which it favors whites.

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