Privatized media channels let states circulate racist ideas they cannot state officially.

Evidence

This public “privatization” of symbolic violence, displacing it from formal state apparatus to “private” media personality, continues to enable the public circulation of ideas through privatized channels no longer explicitly possible by state representatives. As Slavoj yizek remarks, Abu Ghraib (and, it could be added, the likes of the Limbaugh legitimation) is deeply revealing of rather than at odds with currently prevailing “American values.” — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 269 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Multicultural TV representation serves as cover for legitimizing racist state policies; Privatized media personalities circulate racist ideas states can no longer voice directly. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 269; Sympathetic media portrayals can mask ongoing racist policy — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race…, 92 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Privatized media personalities circulate racist ideas states can no longer voice directly. #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 269