Contemporary racism is most damagingly reproduced through elite discourse

Evidence

This is especially true for the most damaging forms of contemporary racism, namely, those of the elites. Political, bureaucratic, corporate, media, educational, and scholarly elites control the most crucial dimensions and decisions of the everyday lives of immigrants and minorities: entry, residence, work, housing, education, welfare, health care, knowledge, information, and culture. They do so largely by speaking or writing, for instance, in cabinet meetings and parliamentary debates, in job interviews, news reports, advertising, lessons, textbooks, scholarly articles, movies or talk shows, among many other forms of elite discourse. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1048

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels Gramscian organic intellectuals and Omi and Winant’s account of how elites shape racial common sense. — connects to: Elite public discourse is central to reproducing racism across society — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 647; Discourse analysis treats racism as reproduced through elite text and talk — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 647; Elite discourse reproduces racism by shaping shared mental models of minorities — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1121 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Elite public discourse is central to reproducing racism across society #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 647
• Racism reproduction is concentrated in elites with access to public discourse. #corroborates (0.92)
• Symbolic elites drive the reproduction of racism #corroborates (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1068
• Discourse analysis treats racism as reproduced through elite text and talk #corroborates (0.90) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 647
• Elite discourse reproduces racism by shaping shared mental models of minorities #expands (0.90) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1121
• Elites perpetuate racism chiefly through speech and writing, not overt acts #expands (0.88)
• Elite political rhetoric legitimizes anti-Muslim racism among constituents #exemplifies (0.85) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 827
• Racism structures dominant public spheres rather than merely appearing within them #corroborates (0.80)
• Eurocentric racism often hides within democratic rhetoric and abstract claims rather than open bigotry #expands (0.78)
• Racist discourse tends to favor the ingroup and derogate the outgroup #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1062