African migrant women in the aged care sector

Conceptualising experiences of racism, micro-aggressions and Otherness

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2399666
AutoresTemi Olasunkanmi-Alimi (0000-0002-3402-2684, Flinders University), Kristin Natalier (0000-0002-2867-1135, Flinders University, autor correspondente), Monique A Mulholland (0000-0002-4953-878X, Flinders University), Monique Mulholland
Ano2023
Volume59
Fascículo1
Páginas87-103
Data de publicação2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/14407833211023979
OpenAlexW3171060682
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas36

Existing commentary rarely systematically acknowledges racism in the Australian aged care field. This article begins to address this gap through a detailed focus on the experiences of 30 African migrant women workers, one of the fastest growing groups employed in aged care across Australia. Drawing on data generated through in-depth, semi-structured interviews, we argue that racist micro-aggressions, specifically micro-insults and micro-assaults, were a commonplace experience for this group of workers. Micro-insults and micro-assaults were perpetrated interpersonally, and also drew upon and reinforced colonial discourses about backwardness, inferiority and Otherness. We conclude that for these carers, micro-aggressions have a two-fold effect: they express everyday racism in interaction, and they position African migrant carers as unwelcome and unable to care for and care about clients

Backwardness · Colonialism · Criminology · Economic growth · Focus group · Political science · Racism · Sociology · Anthropology · Emotional Labor in Professions · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics