News discourse erases the agents of racism by omitting who discriminates

Evidence

Thus, we may find references to “resentment” or “discrimination” in the country, but it is not always spelled out who resents or discriminates against whom, as if discrimination or racism were phenomena of nature instead of practices of dominant group members. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1096

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates the concept of ‘backgrounding agency’ via passive voice and nominalization in media discourse.