‘New racism’
• The racial discrimination act (1975) and the racial vilification act have addressed
many issues
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BUT ‘New racism’ takes subtle forms and is more pervasive and very difficult
to combat and to expose
• Covert or concealed racism
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTvU7uUgjUI (Racism in USA, Cracking the code, 2013 –SHOW)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvTyI41PvTk (Beyond Blue, ad- The invisible discriminator, 2014,
Australia- SHOW)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_AbjhXv0cI (Every day racism, Australia, 2014- SHOW 4.3 min)
• Cultural racism (using ethnicity, religion, provenance etc.)
• Structural racism (under-representation, ‘invisible barriers’ to advancement etc.)
• Media texts and their connections to racist discourses
• Media reflects wider social developments
• Ethnocentrism (superiority discourses, Reclaim Australia)
• Media constructs discourses to validate or challenge perceptions and
representations of the ‘other’