Social Media + Society | |
Donald Trumpâs âPolitical Incorrectnessâ: Neoliberalism as Frontstage Racism on Social Media: | |
Jessica Gantt Shafer1  | |
关键词: political correctness; neoliberalism; race; Donald Trump; social media; | |
DOI : 10.1177/2056305117733226 | |
学科分类:社会科学、人文和艺术(综合) | |
来源: Sage Journals | |
【 摘 要 】
President Donald Trumpâs popularized âpolitical incorrectnessâ has become a signifier allowing for backstage, or overt, racist sentiments to become steadily normalized as logical in the public frontstage of political discourse and social media. This normalization is possible under the guise of neoliberal truth telling. In the current context of neoliberalism, touting postracial âcolorblindnessâ and achieved equalities, there is subsequent Trump-backed whitelash against âpolitical correctness,â or an acknowledgement of inequality, in US public discourse. Highly racialized public issues such as immigration and relations between the US and Mexico lead to conversations in which âpolitically incorrectâ white-centric racialized language is used, which has roots in the narratives of neoliberal postracialism and white superiority. Thematic analyses of popular media examples of Trumpâs anti-political correctness (PC) rhetoric alongside qualitatively gathered positive social media responses to his âincorrectnessâ on Twitter exemplify how neoliberal âpostracialâ ideology can be used inversely to solidify feelings of white superiority and overt racist beliefs.The continued normalization of Trumpâs version of âpolitically incorrectâ ideology and language both on and offline can lead to increased racial violence and the continued creation of neoliberal policy with racially disparate impacts.
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