Disparagement humour and gendered racism on social media in Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID2148227
AuthorsLuiz Valério P Trindade (0000-0001-5062-8662, University of Southampton, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume43
Issue15
Pages2766-2784
Publication date2020-12-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2019.1689278
OpenAlexW2990403337
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited44

Data reveals that in 2017 in Brazil, there were 63,698 reported cases of hate speech on the internet, with one-third of these being related to racist discourses. Another study reveals that 81 per cent of the victims of racism on Facebook in Brazil are upwardly mobile black women. These discourses are often conveyed through disparagement humour, which offers the abusers the convenient excuse that their comments are simply harmless jests. This study develops a critical discourse analysis of a selection of Facebook posts, aiming to understand their embedded messages. The findings suggest, first, that racist disparagement humour is employed to challenge black women's upward social mobility and disqualify their achievements. Secondly, they reinforce deep-seated ideologies regarding differentiated symbolic social spaces for blacks and whites in Brazil. Finally, major social media platforms represent the contemporary arena for the manifestation, dissemination, and reinforcement of racist ideologies

Excuse · Ideology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Racism · Social media · Sociology · Digital Communication and Language · Gender Studies · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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