Open AccessIntersectionality of Ethno-cultural Identities and Construal of Distant Suffering Outgroups
Author(s) -
Marek Palasinski,
Jackie Abell,
Mark Levine
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2012.1802
Subject(s) - outgroup , ingroups and outgroups , prejudice (legal term) , denial , social psychology , intersectionality , ethnic group , psychology , social identity theory , identity (music) , dilemma , sociology , gender studies , social group , epistemology , aesthetics , philosophy , anthropology , psychoanalysis
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.