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‚Rasse‘ – zur sprachlichen Konstruktion einer Ausgrenzungsstrategie


Back to issue: Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift 1/2021, Schwerpunktheft: Invektive Gattungen
DOI: 10.2478/kwg-2021-0021
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Racism is a social practice not only of present days. It has a long tradition. Regarding the history of racism, it is obvious that its concept is not based on biological knowledge and perception. Quite the contrary, it is the result of a verbal and social construction that appeared in the 18th century at the latest. This article focuses on the way this construction was and still is implemented in discourses of modern societies. Especially “degradation ceremonies” (Garfinkel, below) will be taken into account when observing historical examples.