Anti-Black sentiments in Chinese Weibo discourse: a critical discourse historical analysis

被引:4
作者
Gu, Jiapei [1 ]
Ho, Janet [1 ]
机构
[1] Lingnan Univ, Dept English, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
关键词
Critical discourse analysis; discursive representations; online discourse; China-Africa relations; Black people in China; racism; SOCIAL MEDIA; IDENTITY; AFRICAN; RACE; NATIONALISM; RACISM; IMMIGRANTS; POLITICS;
D O I
10.1080/10350330.2023.2210506
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Diplomatic ties have deepened between China and Africa. However, unlike the friendly rhetoric at the State level, racist issues at the individual and societal levels, which are under-researched, are becoming increasingly salient in the Chinese context. Analysing 2766 posts and 13 477 comments from Weibo, this study deploys the 2021 Shadeed Abdulmateen murder case in Ningbo to investigate the online racial discourse that Chinese Weibo users construct around Black people. While thematic analysis shows that racism in China comprises a complex combination of anti-Black, anti-government, and anti-social class attitudes, critical discourse analysis identifies the discursive strategies used to construct the dichotomy between "positive Chinese" and "negative Black people". Specifically, the argumentation strategy justifies exclusionary practices against Black people in China, whereas the predicational strategy criminalises the Black community. Moreover, the nomination strategy discursively represents Black people as foreign threats and animals. Lastly, this study also reveals the orthographic manoeuvrings contrived by Weibo users to avoid censorship of racist language use on Weibo.
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页数:24
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