Everyday racist arguments cite TV authority and stereotyped pseudo-logic
Evidence
Similarly, stories also often have the role of premises that present the undeniable “facts” of personal experience in argumentations that lead to negative conclusions about minorities. It need hardly be stressed that such argumentations are replete with fallacies. Thus negative statements about the Others will typically be supported by the authority move that says that people “saw it on TV.” In the same way as prejudices are stereotypical negative social representations, arguments themselves may be stereotypical and conventional. Thus, refugees will typically be described as a “financial burden” for Our society, who would be taken better care of “in their own region,” dissuaded from coming because they may “suffer from popular resentment” here, or recommended to stay in their own country in order to “help build it up.” — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1081
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the stereotypical/conventional character of racist arguments as a mechanism parallel to stereotypical negative social representations.
- XREF: connects to: Seemingly anti-stereotypical TV portrayals legitimize racist policies