This paper analyzes racist discourse resulting from and related to California's
Proposition 187. Contrary to the views of politicians and economists, I maintain that 187 is indeed a racist measure designed to
prevent the entry of people of color, mostly Latinos, into California. Analyses of racist discourse should be contextualized within issues of power, cultural difference, space, culture, and nationalism. After outlining
theories of racism, I use Teun van Dijk's work on racist discourse to analyze some of the discursive strategies employed in relation to Proposition 187. The next section discusses the discourse of resistance
in Tucson, Arizona and California. Some attention is given to the symbolic
violence against Latinos. I argue that discourse cannot be separated from the material world in which it is practiced.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/110872 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Creators | García, Rogelio |
| Publisher | University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
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