Anti-immigrant stories omit resolutions to strengthen their complaints

Evidence

In the same way, we may examine several other dimensions of everyday talk about minorities. Thus it was found that in narrative structures of everyday negative stories about immigrants, often the resolution category was lacking. This may be interpreted as a structural device that enhances precisely the negative aspects of the complication category of a story: stories that have (positive) resolutions of problems or conflicts are less efficient as complaint stories about Others. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1080

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: the narrative mechanics of grievance — how omitting resolution makes stories more politically effective.