Discourse analysis treats racism as reproduced through elite text and talk

Evidence

For van Dijk discourse involves a whole range of texts in addition to talk. This includes parliamentary debates, news reports, advertising, textbooks, films, and talk shows. Van Dijk is particularly concerned to subject “elite racism” to discourse analysis with a view to assessing what can be done to counter forms of racist discourse. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 647

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines van Dijk’s expanded ‘discourse’ concept and the ‘elite racism’ research program.
• XREF: connects to: Critical Discourse Analysis exposes latent beliefs disguised as neutral metaphors.; Contemporary racism is most damagingly reproduced through elite discourse — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1048; Theories of racism must treat discourse as cognition, not just practice — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1065 (+3 more)