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From people just like us to the fundamentally other in an era of antiracism : the instrumental use of religion to exclude the other while avoiding stigma
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Abstract
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| In an era wherein racism is strongly condemned, everyday processes of categorization and othering confront individuals with contradictions that need to be managed. This article discusses how some of the categorization processes that parents of Flemish and Italian origin living in Flanders (Belgium) use are based upon negative stereotyping of the other and clash with ones general self-image of a tolerant and nonracist person. Consequently, the possibility of being stigmatized as racist needs to be managed and avoided. Rather than refraining from excluding and negatively stereotyping the other, individuals tend to develop new strategies. The family context proved to be an interesting context to study this management of the representation of the self, and of the other. An analysis of 27 interviews with Belgian and Italian origin parents in Flanders clarifies how the shifting of labels from the ethnic other (Turks and Moroccans) to the religious other (Muslims) is used to legitimize exclusion. The discourses reveal an instrumental use of the (re)labeling of the (same) other which offers parents a solution to achieve the same end-results the exclusion of the other from the family context without fearing stigmatization as racist. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Current sociology / International Sociological Association; Association internationale de sociologie. - Beverly Hills, Calif., 1952, currens
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Publication
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Beverly Hills, Calif.
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2017
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ISSN
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0011-3921
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1461-7064
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DOI
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10.1177/0011392115583679
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Volume/pages
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65
:5
(2017)
, p. 717-734
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ISI
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000406529500005
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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