Reimagining racism

Understanding the whiteness and nationhood strategies of British-born South Africans

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ID18985682
AutoresP Leonard (0000-0002-8112-0631, University of Southampton, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume26
Fascículo5
Páginas579-594
Data de publicação2019-09-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIdentities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1070289x.2019.1637624
OpenAlexW2959577628
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas25

This paper explores strategies deployed by a sample of white, British-born South Africans to account for their positions during apartheid and post-apartheid. Whereas literature on white racism identifies denial as a key strategy towards racial discrimination and the maintenance of privilege, the historical and political 10 context of South Africa makes this tactic implausible. The paper contributes to understandings of pluralism within white identifications through investigation of diverse discursive strategies used to frame the overtly racist, apartheid regime and the present post-apartheid, supposedly, ‘post-race’ state. A range of positions attempting to minimise individual implication are identified. 15 A common feature however is to reimagine the structure of social relations in order to diminish responsibility for the sins of the past or the success of the future; suggesting profound difficulties in adjusting to the new social reality

Denial · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · White privilege · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · South African History and Culture