Chapter 6. Migrant voices in ‘antiracist’ video clips in Greece
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Anastasia G. Stamou
Abstract
As an attempt to manage cultural and linguistic divergences from the monocultural and monolingual norm, European nation-states, including Greece, tend to enact overt, or more recently, covert forms of racist discourses. In the present study, we analyze three video clips launched as part of antiracist campaigns in Greece against the backdrop of the current refugee ‘crisis’. The critical analysis of the data shows that the migrant voices of the videos are framed as non-elite in relation to the majority, while the non-assimilated migrant voices are also framed as non-elite in relation the assimilated ones. We therefore argue that eliteness is a representational resource for the perpetuation of liquid racism, as it normalizes the privilege of those constructed as elite in contrast to those constructed as non-elite (i.e. majority members vs. migrants, and assimilated migrants vs. non-assimilated migrants).
Abstract
As an attempt to manage cultural and linguistic divergences from the monocultural and monolingual norm, European nation-states, including Greece, tend to enact overt, or more recently, covert forms of racist discourses. In the present study, we analyze three video clips launched as part of antiracist campaigns in Greece against the backdrop of the current refugee ‘crisis’. The critical analysis of the data shows that the migrant voices of the videos are framed as non-elite in relation to the majority, while the non-assimilated migrant voices are also framed as non-elite in relation the assimilated ones. We therefore argue that eliteness is a representational resource for the perpetuation of liquid racism, as it normalizes the privilege of those constructed as elite in contrast to those constructed as non-elite (i.e. majority members vs. migrants, and assimilated migrants vs. non-assimilated migrants).
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents vii
- Chapter 1. Antiracist and racist discourse as antagonistic and overlapping 1
- Chapter 2. Racist discourses of discrimination and assimilation in an antiracist corpus 41
- Chapter 3. Normalizing assimilation in antiracist (con)texts and (re)producing liquid racism 71
- Chapter 4. What culture? 93
- Chapter 5. Liquid racism, metaphor and the visual modality 118
- Chapter 6. Migrant voices in ‘antiracist’ video clips in Greece 143
- Chapter 7. “The EU gave us a new beginning” 181
- Chapter 8. “Wouldn’t it be better for me to earn my own money and pay taxes?” 202
- Chapter 9. A migrant’s public apology as an instance of internalized racism 225
- Chapter 10. Racist and antiracist discourse in Greek migrant/refugee jokes 253
- Chapter 11. Epilogue 277
- Notes on contributors 283
- Name index 289
- Subject index 293
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents vii
- Chapter 1. Antiracist and racist discourse as antagonistic and overlapping 1
- Chapter 2. Racist discourses of discrimination and assimilation in an antiracist corpus 41
- Chapter 3. Normalizing assimilation in antiracist (con)texts and (re)producing liquid racism 71
- Chapter 4. What culture? 93
- Chapter 5. Liquid racism, metaphor and the visual modality 118
- Chapter 6. Migrant voices in ‘antiracist’ video clips in Greece 143
- Chapter 7. “The EU gave us a new beginning” 181
- Chapter 8. “Wouldn’t it be better for me to earn my own money and pay taxes?” 202
- Chapter 9. A migrant’s public apology as an instance of internalized racism 225
- Chapter 10. Racist and antiracist discourse in Greek migrant/refugee jokes 253
- Chapter 11. Epilogue 277
- Notes on contributors 283
- Name index 289
- Subject index 293
