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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Enacting Racism: Clarence Thomas, George Bush, and the Construction of Social Reality

Ramsey, Evelyn Michele Eaton 05 1900 (has links)
This study analyzes the confirmation hearings discourse of Clarence Thomas and George Bush. Language constructs social reality. The United States has a history of racism and this history manifests itself in our language. The discourse of Clarence Thomas and George Bush created a social reality that equated opposition to Thomas' confirmation with racism using rhetorical strategies that included metaphor and narrative construction.
Thomas, Clarence, 1948-
Bush, George, 1924-
Racism -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
racist language
social reality

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