Written about the time of the Golden Venture incident, Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker makes a particular reference to that incident, whereby implying that particular immigrants, on the grounds of their racial identities, are mistreated and considered as aliens by some Americas. While some whites discriminate against immigrants, there is widespread ethnic tension between Korean Americans and African Americans. Significantly, racial conflict between Koreans and blacks and the racist attitude of some whites toward immigrants are mirrored in the relationship between the Korean-American protagonist Henry and his American wife Lelia. That is, due to their different racial identities they do not understand each other and they always argue. However, toward the end of the novel, Henry and Lelia come to understand each other. While ethnic conflict between Koreans and blacks and certain whites’ discriminatory attitudes toward immigrants is serious one, the novel suggests the unimportance of racial identity. In other words, the novel concludes that there is no discriminatory treatment of immigrants and, in fact, every one is a native Speaker in America. In the novel there is no message of how racial conflict could be resolved. However, this essay suggests that by investigating how the tension between Henry and Lelia is resolved, one could suggest a solution for the ethnicity problem in America and in real life.

Amidst growing concerns due to a rise in incidents of inter racial conflict between African Caribbean and South Asian young men; this thesis draws on the concept of identity formation as an instigating factor in terms of why young people may get embroiled in conflict with other cultural groups. Drawing on semi structured questionnaires with professionals and community workers, an ethnographic study with young people involved in or party to the incidents and a few in depth focus groups it explores the historical issues associated with the conflict, the development of identity and how and why this may be different for those from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups and how it can then materialise into conflict when threatened. It aims to contribute to practice, knowledge and understanding of inter racial conflict and how the creation of positive identities can reduce these incidents. It also seeks to identify approaches and interventions most likely to be effective in addressing this which include working with parents, carers and the wider community who may carry some of the historical issues that allow the conflict to exist. Findings point to identity formation being complex and multifaceted, which can be affected through personal and social experiences: many of these being different for young people from BME communities. Identity is fragile and can be shaped and changed through these experiences which can be compounded by interrelated needs and anxious backgrounds which can then manifest into behaviour that targets those that they may feel threatened by. This study cites the importance of cultural specific responses and interventions which are holistic, informal and flexible to meet the distinct needs of not only young people but those that are influential in their lives. In addition it highlights the importance of work associated with identity formation and the creation of positive identities as a precursor to reducing conflict situations.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-22T17:27:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 luiz felipe santos.pdf: 1033809 bytes, checksum: 8fd4556460b253e8bdd4bcdc4f13221d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-09-23 / The objective of this paper is to analyze the discursive processes in the sentences of the book Não somos racistas: uma reação aos que querem nos transformar numa nação bicolor ( We are not racist: a reaction to those who want to turn us into a bicolor nation), by the journalist Ali Kamel, who advocates the idea of "racial democracy" as a characteristic in the formation of the Brazilian nation. The purpose of the study is to analyze, by considering the discursive thread, elements that may prove just the opposite: the existence of the race conflict (racism), while ideological phenomenon of structural order, constituting a deviation that privileges a particular group over another. Such an investigation is theoretically based on the French Discourse Analysis, interpretative science that mobilizes issues related to History, Language and Psychoanalysis. The work aims at reviewing aspects of the Brazilian social formation, of which a singular feature is the mixing of races (miscegenation), fact that allows to revisit concepts about color, race, racism and racialism. These concepts are interwoven with notions of memory and history developed by Pêcheux in Discourse Analysis. The silencing processes and discursive denial that deal with the lack of racism in Brazil are analyzed throughout these notions / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os processos discursivos presentes em enunciados do livro Não somos racistas: uma reação aos que querem nos transformar numa nação bicolor, de autoria do jornalista Ali Kamel, que defende a ideia de democracia racial como característica presente na formação da nação brasileira. O propósito do estudo é analisar, a partir do fio do discurso, elementos que possam revelar justamente o contrário: a existência do conflito de raça (racismo), enquanto fenômeno ideológico de ordem estrutural, constituindo-se numa distorção que confere privilégios a um determinado grupo em detrimento de outro. Para investigar os dizeres presentes na obra, recorre-se à base teórica da Análise do Discurso de linha francesa, ciência interpretativa que mobiliza questões relacionadas à história, à linguagem e à psicanálise. O trabalho tem o intuito de rever aspectos da formação social brasileira, cuja característica singular é a mistura de raças (miscigenação), o que permite revisitar conceitos acerca de cor, raça, racismo e racialismo. Esses conceitos entrelaçam-se com as noções de memória e história desenvolvidas por Pêcheux na Análise do Discurso. Através delas são analisados os processos de silenciamento e negação discursiva que trabalham, nos enunciados observados, o efeito de inexistência de racismo no Brasil

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