Racist talk is how ordinary people act without elite discourse power

Evidence

Teun A. van Dijk follows the discussion of multiculturalism with a masterful overview of developments regarding the role played by various forms of discourse in reproducing everyday as well as political understandings of race and racism. For van Dijk discourse involves a whole range of texts in addition to talk. This includes parliamentary debates, news reports, advertising, textbooks, films, and talk shows. Van Dijk is particularly concerned to subject “elite racism” to discourse analysis with a view to assessing what can be done to counter forms of racist discourse. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 647 (#complicates, via linked claim)

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 (#complicates, via linked claim)

For van Dijk discourse involves a whole range of texts in addition to talk. This includes parliamentary debates, news reports, advertising, textbooks, films, and talk shows. Van Dijk is particularly concerned to subject “elite racism” to discourse analysis with a view to assessing what can be done to counter forms of racist discourse. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 647 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Slang and colloquial speech resist official one-dimensional discourse. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 378; Elites perpetuate racism chiefly through speech and writing, not overt acts; Racism reproduction is concentrated in elites with access to public discourse. (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Elite public discourse is central to reproducing racism across society #complicates (0.82) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 647
• Elite discourse reproduces racism by shaping shared mental models of minorities #complicates (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1121
• Discourse analysis treats racism as reproduced through elite text and talk #complicates (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 647
• Racist alienation operates physically, not only through language #complicates (0.71) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1343