The Consent of the Oppressed

An Analysis of Internalized Racism and Islamophobia among Muslims in Spain

Bibliographic Data

ID2363769
AuthorsDaniel Gil-Benumeya (0000-0002-2384-0040, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume66
Issue6
Pages1146-1164
Publication date2023-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/07311214231180555
OpenAlexW4382983029
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited30

Taking as our starting point the premise that all domination mechanisms are based partly on their naturalization and reproduction by the very persons that experience them, this study uses the notion of 'internalized racism' to explore how Muslims living in Spain internalize some of the cultural and ideological myths that sustain the racism and Islamophobia they experience, especially in relation to institutional practices of control and discrimination. It contributes an innovative approach to the knowledge of racism in the Spanish context, showing how religious and racialized minorities in Spain understand, perceive, experience, and at times reproduce the discrimination they are subject to, and how Islamophobia is entwined with other forms of racism and exclusion as well as with Spain's specific historical relationship with Islam. The research is based on qualitative data obtained from eight discussion groups that met between 2019 and 2021 and comprised a total of 61 Muslims resident in various parts of Spain

Citizenship · Criminology · Geography · Ideology · Institutional racism · Islam · Islamophobia · Mythology · Naturalization · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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