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Legitimizing Racism: Critical Discourse Analysis of White Supremacy in Trump’s Political Speeches

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  • Ahmad Kareem Salem

    (College of Arts, Iraqia Univiversity, Iraq)

  • Narmeen Abbas Lutfi

    (College of Arts, Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq University, Iraq)

  • Abbas Lutfi Hussein

    (College of Arts, Mustansiriyah University, Iraq)

Abstract

Nowadays, the concept of racism has been frequently used by people and more specifically by political figures as a social phenomenon that has been utilized as a"legitimising ideological tool". It is exploited to persecute an addressed group/s and to dispute them access to some social, cultural and political rights (Miles, 1993: 28). Moreover, it has been considered as “a special variety of ‘heterophobia’, bearing a co-hyponymical relation to ‘antisemitism’ or ‘Jewphobia’, ‘Arab-phobia’, ‘black-phobia’, ‘sexism’, ‘homophobia’, ‘youth-phobia’ and ‘phobia against differently-abled persons’, etc.”(Reisigl and Wodak, 2001: 5-6). However, this study aims to identify the use of racism in the political arena (more specifically in the political speech of Donald Trump) and illustrate the functional use by analyzing three American political speeches given by the former American presidents. The analysis is based on the qualitative research method and the discursive strategies proposed by Reisigl and Wodak’s (2001: 45). The analysis results will show to the reader that, in the political speeches of Donald Trump, racism is expressed both explicitly and implicitly.

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  • Ahmad Kareem Salem & Narmeen Abbas Lutfi & Abbas Lutfi Hussein, 2021. "Legitimizing Racism: Critical Discourse Analysis of White Supremacy in Trump’s Political Speeches," International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development, vol. 4(9), pages 157-165, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:alk:ijllt0:v:4:y:2021:i:9:id:2154
    DOI: 10.32996/ijllt.2021.4.9.16
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