Heritage Or Hate? Color-blind Discourse and the Confederate Battle Flag

ISBN-10: 1109827431
ISBN-13: 9781109827439
Category: Flags
Pages: 63
Language: English
Published: 2006
Author: Matthew Ryan Moltz

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The purpose of this study is to determine the discursive repertoires used when discussing the Confederate battle flag and to see if this discourse fits the color-blind paradigm. This is a qualitative analysis that gathered data from four focus group interviews of 23 mostly white undergraduate students. These interviews are interpreted from a critical discourse perspective, drawing on theories of the discourse of symbolic racism and the social construction of whiteness through discourse. The findings indicate that the participants did draw upon the central frames of color-blind racism, as well as discursive repertoires that are used to maintain white racial superiority. Only a few of the students drew upon discourse that challenged white dominance. The repertoires are grouped into three broad categories: downplaying, defensive diversions, and race competence.

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