Intersectionality of Ethno-cultural Identities and Construal of Distant Suffering Outgroups

Authors

Marek Palasinski, Lancaster UniversityFollow
Jackie Abell, Lancaster UniversityFollow
Mark Levine, Exeter UniversityFollow

Abstract

In this paper, we explore how white Catholic men talk about the indirect dilemma of non-intervention for black ethnic outgroups. We illustrate how they mobilise global categorisation (all humanity) and use various forms of denial to deal with their non-involvement. Having analyzed representative fragments of their prejudice avoidance talk, we conclude with some observation about the strategic deployment of categories and denial forms as part of identity management talk. In contrast to quantitative research that oversimplifies the ingroup-outgroup distinction, we show how the status and outgroupness levels of the needy appear to be both flexible and intricate, which depends on the often-ignored intersecting cultural factors, like the respondents’ and victims’ ethnic, racial and religious identities.

Keywords

Cross-Cultural Relations, Identity, Prejudice Denial, Textual Thematic Analysis

Publication Date

2-27-2012

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2012.1802

Recommended APA Citation

Palasinski, M., Abell, J., & Levine, M. (2012). Intersectionality of Ethno-cultural Identities and Construal of Distant Suffering Outgroups. The Qualitative Report, 17(9), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2012.1802