“Cops and Incarceration: Constructing Racial Narratives in Reality TV’s Prisons”

2018 ◽  
pp. 227-245
Author(s):  
Antonia Mackay
Keyword(s):  
Racial Narratives

Identity propaganda: Racial narratives and disinformation

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110292
Author(s):  
Madhavi Reddi ◽  
Rachel Kuo ◽  
Daniel Kreiss
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Us Presidential Election ◽  
Social Orders ◽  
Racial Narratives

This article develops the concept of “identity propaganda,” or narratives that strategically target and exploit identity-based differences in accord with pre-existing power structures to maintain hegemonic social orders. In proposing and developing the concept of identity propaganda, we especially aim to help researchers find new insights into their data on misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda by outlining a framework for unpacking layers of historical power relations embedded in the content they analyze. We focus on three forms of identity propaganda: othering narratives that alienate and marginalize non-white or non-dominant groups; essentializing narratives that create generalizing tropes of marginalized groups; and authenticating narratives that call upon people to prove or undermine their claims to be part of certain groups. We demonstrate the utility of this framework through our analysis of identity propaganda around Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2020 US presidential election.

An Affirmative Act?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl I. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Economic Reform ◽  
Presidential Campaign ◽  
Dominant Color ◽  
Racial Preferences ◽  
Color Blind ◽  
Racial Narratives ◽  
First Offers

This chapter first offers an overview of contemporary debates over affirmative action to situate Obama's position on the issue. Obama's views on affirmative action expressed before and during the presidential campaign laid the foundation for his policies as president. Despite previously expressing support for affirmative action, Obama has eschewed mounting a vigorous defense of race-based remedies because in his assessment they are politically freighted, yield limited gains, and can be replaced by race-neutral measures that reduce overall inequality. The administration's position—which is ambivalent at best—has largely left uncontested the dominant color-blind framework and its affiliated racial narratives about “racial preferences,” thereby narrowing the space for broader social and economic reform.

Commentary

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly TallBear
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Public Health Genetics ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Program Administrators ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The University ◽  
Racial Narratives

In May 2007, I gave a talk at the Institute for Public Health Genetics (IPHG) at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle. My topic was the Genographic Project, specifically the colonial history and racial narratives that I see as shaping the work of the project. I left IPHG encouraged by my conversations with UW researchers, including native researchers and program administrators who organize collaborative and ethically rigorous research. The individuals I met work in multiple native communities, especially those in the Pacific Northwest.

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