Discursive deracialization in talk about asylum seeking

Goodman, Simon; Burke, Shani

doi:10.1002/casp.1065

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“…This research builds on previous research by Goodman and Burke (2010;2011), who found that speakers constructed accusations of racism towards opponents of asylum as being unreasonable, and attributed their opposition to practical issues such as the economy, which demonstrates Discursive Deracialisation. The aim of this research is therefore to address how accusations of racism are made and rejected in an online setting where the language is less guarded and more extreme.…”

Section: Rationalementioning

confidence: 54%

“…Goodman and Burke, 2011). Opponents of asylum seeking were identified to be defending against accusations that they were racist or Nazis by criticising the taboo on prejudice, and presenting the notion of being victimised as a result of the taboo.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Capdevila and Callaghan (2008) show an example of this in the UK's Conservative Party's claim that their anti-asylum and immigration campaign was not racist, but common sense. This rhetorical removal of race has been termed "Discursive Deracialisation" by Every and Augoustinos (2007:133; see also Goodman and Burke, 2011).…”

Section: Discursive Psychology and Prejudicementioning

confidence: 99%

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‘Bring back Hitler’s gas chambers’: Asylum seeking, Nazis and Facebook – a discursive analysis

Burke

Goodman

2012

Discourse & Society

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In this article, we explore how talk about Nazis is used in Internet discussions regarding asylum seeking, and the issue of whether or not opposition to asylum seeking is racist. Discursive analysis was conducted on discussions about asylum seeking from the social networking website Facebook, where references to Nazis were made. Three strategies were identified: (1) people supporting asylum seeking accuse asylum opponents of being racist by referring to Nazis; (2) opponents of asylum seeking deal with such accusations by arguing that the debate is being suppressed because of references to Nazis; (3) in the final, and most striking, strategy, opponents of asylum draw upon ideas associated with the Nazis and Hitler to bring about their anti-asylum position. These findings are discussed in relation to how the link between Nazis and racism is emerging in the asylum debate.

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Section: Discursive Psychology and Prejudicementioning

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‘Bring back Hitler’s gas chambers’: Asylum seeking, Nazis and Facebook – a discursive analysis

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Goodman

2012

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“…At Line 12, there is hesitation with the use of “err” around mentioning Jews and an attempt to show awareness of different Jewish divisions yet being cautious not to be offensive. This is similar to the delicacy that is used when discussing issues related to race (e.g., Goodman & Burke, , ).…”

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confidence: 87%

The discursive “othering” of Jews and Muslims in the Britain First solidarity patrol

Burke

2018

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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In this paper, critical discursive psychology is used to analyse the Islamophobic discourse by the far‐right party Britain First in its “solidarity patrol” video. Britain First patrolled in Golders Green, North London, to show support for Jewish communities following the ISIS shooting at the kosher supermarket in Paris on January 9, 2015. The Charlie Hebdo shooting and the shooting at the kosher supermarket (as well as other attacks by members of the Islamic State) have led to Muslims being seen as a threat to Britain and exposed to Islamophobic attacks and racial abuse. This presents far‐right parties in the United Kingdom with the dilemma of appearing moderate and mainstream in their anti‐Islamic stance. The analysis focuses on how Britain First used the shooting at the kosher supermarket in order to construct Jews as under threat from Islam. The analysis also includes visual communication in the solidarity patrol video that was used to provide “evidence” that Britain First supported Jewish communities. Results are discussed in light of how Britain First used aligning with Jews in order to appear as “reasonable” in projecting its anti‐Islamic ideology and how critical discursive psychology can be used to show how conflicting social identities are constructed.

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“…Targeting pre-registration midwifery education is one way of addressing this issue and evidence suggests that some young people, including university students in the UK have negative perceptions of asylum seekers (Amnesty International UK, 2003;Wray et al, 2007;Goodman and Burke, 2010). It is possible that midwifery students are amongst these and it can be argued that in order to facilitate the provision of appropriate midwifery education, it is important to understand what asylum seeking means to midwifery students.…”

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Meeting the health and social needs of pregnant asylum seekers, midwifery students' perspectives

Haith-Cooper

Bradshaw

2013

Nurse Education Today

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Citation: Haith-Cooper, M., Bradshaw, G. (2013) Meeting the health and social needs of pregnant asylum seekers; midwifery students perspectives. Part 1; Dominant discourses and midwifery students. Nurse Education Today, 33 (9) 1008-1013.Copyright statement: © 2013 Elsevier. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's selfarchiving policy.Meeting the health and social needs of pregnant asylum seekers, midwifery students' perspectives Part 1; dominant discourses and midwifery students Current literature has indicated a concern about standards of maternity care experienced by pregnant women who are seeking asylum. As the next generation of midwives, it is important that students are educated in a way that prepares them to effectively care for these women. To understand how this can be achieved, it is important to explore what asylum seeking means to midwifery students. This article is the first of three parts and reports on one objective from a wider doctorate study. It identifies dominant discourses that influenced the perceptions of a group of midwifery students' about the pregnant asylum seeking woman. The study was designed from a social constructivist perspective, with contextual knowledge being constructed by groups of people, influenced by underpinning dominant discourses, depending on their social, cultural and historical positions in the world. In a United Kingdom University setting, during year two of a pre-registration midwifery programme, eleven midwifery students participated in the study. Two focus group interviews using a problem based learning scenario as a trigger for discussion were conducted. In addition, three students were individually interviewed to explore issues in more depth and two students' written reflections on practice were used to generate data. Following a critical discourse analysis, dominant discourses were identified which appeared to influence the way in which asylum seekers were perceived. The findings suggested an underpinning ideology around the asylum seeker being different and of a criminal persuasion. Although the pregnant woman seeking asylum was considered as deserving of care, the same discourses appeared to influence the way in which she was constructed. However, as the study progressed, through reading alternative sources of literature, some students appeared to question these discourses. These findings have implications for midwifery education in encouraging students to challenge negative discourses and construct positive perceptions of asylum seeking

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Discursive deracialization in talk about asylum seeking

Cited by 49 publications

References 33 publications

‘Bring back Hitler’s gas chambers’: Asylum seeking, Nazis and Facebook – a discursive analysis

‘Bring back Hitler’s gas chambers’: Asylum seeking, Nazis and Facebook – a discursive analysis

The discursive “othering” of Jews and Muslims in the Britain First solidarity patrol

Meeting the health and social needs of pregnant asylum seekers, midwifery students' perspectives

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