Black Immigrants in Portugal: Luso–Tropicalism and Prejudice

Vala, Jorge; Lopes, Diniz; Lima, Marcus Eugênio Oliveira

doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.00562.x

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“…We measured prejudice against Brazilian immigrants by using six items from the Portuguese version of the blatant and subtle prejudice scale (Lima‐Nunes et al, ; Pettigrew & Meertens, ; Vala, Lopes, & Lima, ). We selected the best six items having as a criterion those with the highest factor loadings in the study by Lima‐Nunes et al () of prejudice and discrimination against Brazilian immigrants (e.g., ‘Brazilian immigrants come from less able races and this explains why they are not as well off as most Portuguese people’ and ‘Compared with the Portuguese people, Brazilian immigrants are very different in the language that they speak’).…”

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The legitimizing role of accent on discrimination against immigrants

Souza

Pereira

Camino

et al. 2016

Euro J Social Psych

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This article analyses the influence of accent on discrimination against immigrants by examining the hypothesis that accent leads to discrimination only in more prejudiced individuals, merely because people speaking with a native accent are perceived to be better qualified than those whose accent is nonstandard. In Study 1 (N = 71), we found that only prejudiced individuals use accent to discriminate against immigrants. In Study 2 (N = 124), we replicated this effect and found that the influence of accent on discrimination is mediated by the perceived quality of the accent. Study 3 (N = 105) replicated the previous results even after controlling for the effect of stereotyping. These results are the first experimental illustration of the hypothesis that accent triggers intergroup discrimination only among prejudiced individuals because they evaluate native accents as being qualitatively better than accents of immigrants, thereby legitimizing ingroup bias.

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The legitimizing role of accent on discrimination against immigrants

Souza

Pereira

Camino

et al. 2016

Euro J Social Psych

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“…But recent authors such as Lantolf and Bobrova (2014) have highlighted the importance that L2 research focuses on L2 idiomatic expressions decoding tests as it is a fundamental basis for the cognitive and linguistic development in L2 of students from immigrant minorities. However, Portuguese studies that address the effects of nationality, albeit recent, do not always refer to the consequences on school performance (Antonio & Monteiro, 2015;Neto, 2002;Vala, Lopes, & Lima, 2008). However, Portuguese studies that address the effects of nationality, albeit recent, do not always refer to the consequences on school performance (Antonio & Monteiro, 2015;Neto, 2002;Vala, Lopes, & Lima, 2008).…”

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Learning Portuguese as a Second Language

Figueiredo¹

2017

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“…Even Portugal, which has claimed a rather different position from other formerly colonising countries, cannot avoid discordant representations of the colonial past (Valentim, 2003;. As explained by Castelo (1999; see also Vala, Lopes, & Lima, 2008;Valentim, 2011;Valentim & Heleno, 2017), the Salazar dictatorship used Luso-tropicalism theory (originally coined by Freyre, 1933) to legitimize its colonies. This theory suggests that the Portuguese have a particular empathy toward the "so-called inferior races" (p. 185) and consequently infers that harmonious and benevolent intergroup relations were experienced in Portuguese colonies.…”

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Social representations of colonialism in Africa and in Europe: Structure and relevance for contemporary intergroup relations

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Khan

Lastrego

et al. 2018

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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European colonial powers invaded and then dominated a large part of the African continent from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The influence of colonialism did not cease after independence as it still impregnates the cultures and identities of both formerly colonising and formerly colonised peoples. The question of how inhabitants of formerly colonised and formerly colonising countries represent the colonial past is a key issue in understanding this lasting influence. Social representations of European colonial action were investigated among young people (N=1134) in three European countries and six African countries. Social representations of the colonial past were structured around two main dimensions across African and European samples: Exploitation and Development. Social representations of colonialism denoted by Exploitation were more strongly endorsed by the European compared to the African subsample, whereas those denoted by Development were more strongly endorsed by the African compared to the European subsample. However, while African participants considered colonialism less negatively than Europeans, they also had higher expectations concerning Europeans' collective guilt feeling and willingness to offer reparations. By contrast, European participants' social representations of colonialism were more negative but they were less likely to believe that present-day European peoples and governments are accountable for the misdeeds of colonialism in the past. Finally, national identification mediated the association between the Exploitation dimension of colonialism and both group-based emotions and support for reparation in the African, but not the European, subsample.

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Black Immigrants in Portugal: Luso–Tropicalism and Prejudice

Abstract: This article analyzes the relationship between the luso-tropicalist representation

Cited by 63 publications

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The legitimizing role of accent on discrimination against immigrants

The legitimizing role of accent on discrimination against immigrants

Learning Portuguese as a Second Language

Social representations of colonialism in Africa and in Europe: Structure and relevance for contemporary intergroup relations

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