'Racism ain't got nothing to do with it': advocating exclusion or inclusion of asylum seekers in 'Letters to the Editor'.

From: Critical Psychology | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

In 2001, the unauthorised boat arrival of people seeking asylum in Australia generated considerable political and public debate concerning Australia's responsibilities towards asylum seekers. In particular, debate was focused on the validity of the Australian government's response and the implications for understandings of Australian national identity. Following from Hage's (1998) conceptualisation of tolerance as a nationalist practice of inclusion or exclusion, a discursive approach was adopted in this paper to analyse arguments for or against allowing asylum seekers to be ...

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