Italy - 2012
Is hate speech/racist-xenophobic discourse a wider, more 'mainstream', phenomenon in the political sphere?
- Code:
- RED35
- Key Area:
- Political Parties-organisations - Racist & Xenophobic Discourse
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes. |
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| Qualitative Info |
Openly racist and xenophobic discourses are a consolidated aspect of mainstream political parties‟ propaganda. Populism is more and more characterizing political proposals of both right and left wing parties. Schematically the mechanism is simple; real events, often not particularly relevant ones, are selected and misrepresented by the media and shown to be an alarming chain, creating an „emergency‟. Sensationalist campaigns are launched about the ‟immigrant crime problem‟, the ‟Roma problem‟, and the ‟Muslim problem‟, the underlying message being that the presence or even the existence of a certain group of ‟aliens‟ is menacing to our own security. Political parties fuel these alarming campaigns to build a consensus among the voters pretending to be the defenders of citizens‟ security against the alien menace. Source: Luciano Scagliotti, Report - European Network against Racism (ENAR) - CIE Centro d'Iniziativa per l'Europa - http://cms.horus.be/files/99935/MediaArchive/Racist%20Violence%20Report%20Italy%20-%20online.pdf |
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| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities | |
| Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Inter-ethnic, Intra-ethnic, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia | |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Political discourse -parties - orgs | |
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