Denna studie syftade till att jämföra dagspressens konstruktioner av två gärningspersoner med olika etniska tillhörigheter, den ena svensk och den andra uzbekisk. Vid urvalet av tidningsartiklar inkluderades samtliga användbara artiklar som publicerats under en tidsperiod på sju dagar. Artiklarna studerades därefter genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Av detta återfanns att dagspressen genomgående konstruerade gärningspersonerna på olikartade sätt med fokus på den svenska gärningspersonens normalitet och den uzbekiska gärningspersonens utifrånskap. Resultatet analyserades med hjälp av det teoretiska förhållningssättet Orientalismen och begreppsparen “Vi” och “De andra”. En återkommande slutsats var attdagspressen rapporterade om den svenska gärningspersonen på ett tilltalande sätt vilket kunde uppfattas som “Vi” medan den uzbekiska gärningspersonen framställdes med en negativ betoning, förenligt med “De andra”. Sammantaget kunde etnicitet förstås ha varit en betydande faktor vid dagspressens konstruktion av dessa gärningspersoner. / The aim of this study was to compare the daily press’ constructions of two culprits with diverse ethnicities, one Swedish and one Uzbek. When sampling for news articles, all usable ones that were published within a time span of seven days were included. The articles were studied through a qualitative content analysis. The main result was that the daily press consistently constructed the culprits in different ways, by focusing on the normality of the Swedish and on the alienation of the Uzbek. The result was analyzed using the theoretical perspective Orientalism as well as the concept pair of “Us” and “The others”. A recurring conclusion was that the daily press presented the Swedish culprit in a pleasant way which could be understood as “Us” while the Uzbek culprit was described in negative manners, consistent with “The others”. Altogether, ethnicity could be understood as a considerable factor in the daily press’ constructions of these culprits.

The aim of this study is to describe and explain how five women with a non-European background find the expression of everyday racism in today’s Swedish society, how everyday racism can affect their mental health and how they experience that the Swedish majority population handle and respond to everyday racism. The study is qualitative and was made with semi-structured interviews. The theories used are the theory of everyday racism, "we" and "the Others" and Goffman’s stigma. The results indicate that everyday racism is manifested through the population's ignorance and silence, comments, prejudices and stereotypes and is mainly expressed in arenas where there are many people at the same time. According to the women, the school and the labor market are the two most common arenas for the expression of everyday racism. They witness that the Swedish majority population rarely deal with the occurrence of everyday racism. Their mental health is negatively affected by everyday racism and can lower the individual's self-esteem. The study’s three theories that include everyday racism, “we” and “the Others” and stigma can be applied to the women's stories about their experiences and feelings about everyday racism in the Swedish society.