Racism accounts share a recurrent narrative structure across contexts.

Evidence

Accounts, verbal reconstructions of experiences with racism, are likely to include (some of) the following information: context (where did it happen, when, who were involved?); complication (what went wrong?); evaluation (was it racism?); argumentation (why do you think it was racism?); and reaction (what did you do about it?). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1501

Categorization

• DEFINE: Lays out a generic analytic schema for how people verbally reconstruct experiences of racism.
• XREF: connects to: Racist discourse varies by context of production, not only by underlying beliefs — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1071; Racism accounts structurally include context, complication, evaluation, argumentation, and reaction; Stories about racist incidents follow a five-part narrative structure (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Racism accounts structurally include context, complication, evaluation, argumentation, and reaction #expands (0.95)
• Stories about racist incidents follow a five-part narrative structure #expands (0.90)
• Universal-psychology accounts of racism substitute an alibi for explanation #complicates (0.72) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 634