التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Constructing Racism in Australia. |
| المؤلفون: |
Dunn, Kevin M.1, Forrest, Jim2, Burnley, Ian3, McDonald, Amy4 |
| المصدر: |
Australian Journal of Social Issues (Australian Council of Social Service). Nov2004, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p409-430. 22p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*RACISM, *POSTSECONDARY education, *RACE discrimination, *ETHNOCENTRISM, *SOCIAL sciences, *MINORITIES, *HUMANITIES, *MULTICULTURALISM |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
AUSTRALIA |
| مستخلص: |
There is a dearth of empirical evidence on the extent of racist attitudes, broadly defined, in Australia. A telephone survey of 5056 residents in Queensland and NSW examined attitudes to cultural difference, perceptions of the extent of racism, tolerance of specific groups, ideology of nation, perceptions of Anglo-Celtic cultural privilege, and belief in racialism, racial separatism and racial hierarchy. The research was conducted within a social constructivist understanding of racisms. Racist attitudes are positively associated with age, non-tertiary education, and to a slightly lesser extent with those who do not speak a language other than English, the Australia-born, and with males. Anti-Muslim sentiment is very strong, but there is also a persistence of some intolerance against Asian, Indigenous and Jewish Australians. Those who believe in racial hierarchy and separatism (old racisms) are a minority and are largely the same people who self-identify as being prejudiced. The 'new racisms' of cultural intolerance, denial of Anglo-privilege and narrow constructions of nation have a much stronger hold. Nonetheless, sociobiologically related understandings of race and nation remain linked to these new racisms. Narrow understandings of what constitutes a nation (and a community) are in tension with equally widely held liberal dispositions towards cultural diversity and dynamism. Encouragingly, most respondents recognise racism as a problem in Australian society and this is a solid basis for anti-racism initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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