(2011) Discourse, Racism and Ethnicity Research Papers (original) (raw)
In this article we analyse intercultural communication management in student intcraction in a culturally and linguistically diverse second year primary school classroom. In order to do so, and trying to overcome culturalist reductionism,... more
In this article we analyse intercultural communication management in student intcraction in a culturally and linguistically diverse second year primary school classroom. In order to do so, and trying to overcome culturalist reductionism, we explore how three dimensions of interaction, linguistic, psychosocial and social, are linked. So as to observe how this current socio-educational order rnight be altered, we decided to conduct research in the classroom by introducing changes to attenuate the asymmetries and differences in values in conversational dynamics. The analysis of cominunicative practices in the classroom, similarly to that of intercultural situations among adults, indicates that from an early age, in situations where there are large social differences, communicative differences can be (re)constructed and used as a tools to reinforce asymmetries as well as the status quo, thereby relegating foreign workers and their descendants to an underprivileged social position.
Keywords: intcrcultural communication, interaction analysis, critica1 discourse analysis, asyminetry and cooperation, immigration, education.
Within the broader framework of a research programme on the reproduction of racism in discourse and communication, the present article examines the prominent role of the denial of racism, especially among the elites, in much contemporary... more
Within the broader framework of a research programme on the reproduction of racism in discourse and communication, the present article examines the prominent role of the denial of racism, especially among the elites, in much contemporary text and talk about ethnic relations. After a conceptual analysis of denial strategies in interpersonal impression formation on the one hand, and within the social-political context of minority and immigration management on the other, various types of denial are examined in everyday conversations, press reports and parliamentary debates. Among these forms of denial are disclaimers, mitigation, euphemism, excuses, blaming the victim, reversal and other moves of defence, face-keeping and positive self-presentation in negative discourse about minorities, immigrants and (other) anti-racists.
It comes as no surprise that 'halal meat' controversies have consistently (re)emerged in Europe over the past two decades, propelled by discourses of political elites that concomitantly constitute and are constituted by fears of Muslim... more
It comes as no surprise that 'halal meat' controversies have consistently (re)emerged in Europe over the past two decades, propelled by discourses of political elites that concomitantly constitute and are constituted by fears of Muslim 'otherness.' Dietary preference is an embodied cultural symbol strongly intertwined with identity , thus discourses about 'halal meat' are proxy debates about larger questions of civilizational compatibility between Muslims and Europeans. France and the United Kingdom are home to large Muslim minorities and halal markets, whose visible expansion has become the subject of media frenzies and national debates about what exactly halal meat is and if it should be tolerated. This study conducts a Critical Discourse Analysis of halal meat controversies focused on the other-representation of Muslims in the French and UK Press and aims to contribute to the existent body of work on the reproduction of (Muslim) racism in (Western) discourses.
This paper presents a comprehensive overview about African castes population in colonial Mexico during the last sixty years of Spanish domination. Particularly, this work emphasizes in colonial laws and decrees that were elaborated by... more
This paper presents a comprehensive overview about African castes population in colonial Mexico during the last sixty years of Spanish domination. Particularly, this work emphasizes in colonial laws and decrees that were elaborated by colonial elites in purpose to restrain social and demographic mobility of African castes population. Thus, since Bourbon dynasty took over Spanish throne, these rules were reinforced to restore a weak and expired castes system. Meanwhile, there were other colonial elites who adopted the philosophy of Enlightenment, and therefore promulgated their own laws based in “egalité, liberté et fraternité”. Per example, colonial Mexican deputies in liberal Spanish Cortes, who struggled to give African castes political equality in new liberal Spanish nation. Likewise, the leaders of insurgency in New Spain (Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Maria Morelos), who published several orders to abolish slavery and castes system. In spite of, all of these study cases melted the new ideas of Enlightenment with “traditional” discriminatory thoughts that declared the supremacy of white Europeans and Americans, and the “natural inferiority” of Indians, Africans and their descendants.