Racial Slurs Against Indigenous Peoples in Ecuadorian Twitter Interactions
Location
Sasquatch Room 124 C
Start Date
22-4-2023 10:30 AM
End Date
22-4-2023 11:45 AM
Publication Date
2023
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Law | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Adopting a discourse analytic approach (van Dijk, 2002, 2011, 2023), this chapter examines racial slurs (Croom 2011) against Ecuadorian indigenous peoples on Twitter. It seeks to unveil discriminatory practices in the context examined. The study is based on a corpus of slurs derived from the responses that two Ecuadorian indigenous leaders received on their Twitter accounts on a selected date. With reference to Placencia (2022), seven categories of slurs were identified. These categories were established according to the underlying negative beliefs or stereotypes (O’Dea et al. 2015) that appear to be recreated; they centre on features of indigenous people’s appearance, their cognitive skills, their character and/or their conduct. The study builds on works on (racial) insults (e.g., Guimarães 2003;; Álvarez and Chumaceiro 2011; Mateo and Yus 2013; Poggi, D’Errico and Vincze 2015) and (racial) slurs (e.g., Jucker 2000; Croom 2011, 2013), as well as works on racism and discrimination from different perspectives (e.g., Dupret 1999; van Dijk 2002; Wodak and Reisigl 2015), with a focus on Ecuador (e.g., Guerrero 1994; Almeida Vinueza 1999; Cervone 1999; de la Torre 2002; Sánchez 2007; Placencia 2008; Granda 2017) . It shows that some of the negative beliefs held about indigenous peoples, that have been highlighted across the decades still surface in the twenty first century, facilitated by social media where verbal aggression and discriminatory behaviour still occur with impunity.
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Recommended Citation
Placencia, Maria Elena, "Racial Slurs Against Indigenous Peoples in Ecuadorian Twitter Interactions" (2023). International Conference on Hate Studies. 46.
https://repository.gonzaga.edu/icohs/2023/seventh/46
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Session Title
Promotion of Hate and Violence Through Social Media and Mainstream Sources
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Racial Slurs Against Indigenous Peoples in Ecuadorian Twitter Interactions
Sasquatch Room 124 C
Adopting a discourse analytic approach (van Dijk, 2002, 2011, 2023), this chapter examines racial slurs (Croom 2011) against Ecuadorian indigenous peoples on Twitter. It seeks to unveil discriminatory practices in the context examined. The study is based on a corpus of slurs derived from the responses that two Ecuadorian indigenous leaders received on their Twitter accounts on a selected date. With reference to Placencia (2022), seven categories of slurs were identified. These categories were established according to the underlying negative beliefs or stereotypes (O’Dea et al. 2015) that appear to be recreated; they centre on features of indigenous people’s appearance, their cognitive skills, their character and/or their conduct. The study builds on works on (racial) insults (e.g., Guimarães 2003;; Álvarez and Chumaceiro 2011; Mateo and Yus 2013; Poggi, D’Errico and Vincze 2015) and (racial) slurs (e.g., Jucker 2000; Croom 2011, 2013), as well as works on racism and discrimination from different perspectives (e.g., Dupret 1999; van Dijk 2002; Wodak and Reisigl 2015), with a focus on Ecuador (e.g., Guerrero 1994; Almeida Vinueza 1999; Cervone 1999; de la Torre 2002; Sánchez 2007; Placencia 2008; Granda 2017) . It shows that some of the negative beliefs held about indigenous peoples, that have been highlighted across the decades still surface in the twenty first century, facilitated by social media where verbal aggression and discriminatory behaviour still occur with impunity.