Elite discourse reproduces racism by shaping shared mental models of minorities

Evidence

We have seen that precisely such structures may derive from and be geared towards the construction of similar mental structures, that is, negative attitudes and ideologies on minorities and immigration. And since among the elites as well as among the population at large such dominant group cognitions will again inspire similarly negative discourses and social practices, we may begin to understand how discourse, and especially public elite discourses, is crucially involved in the reproduction of racism. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1121

Categorization

• DEFINE: Crystallizes the cognitive-discursive mechanism tying elite talk to the reproduction of racism.
• XREF: connects to: Ethnopopulism frames elites as colluding with ethnic others to justify hardline measures. — Erin K. Jenne and Promise Frank Ejiofor, Ethnopopulism and genocidal…, 41; Contemporary racism is most damagingly reproduced through elite discourse — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1048; Racism has a cognitive subsystem of shared mental models beyond visible acts — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1054 (+2 more)