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Constructing Racism in Sydney, Australia's Largest EthniCity

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  • James Forrest

    (Department of Human Geography, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Sydney 2109, Australia, jforre.rt@el.r.mq.edu.au)

  • Kevin Dunn

    (School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, New South Wales, Australia, k.dunn@unsw.edu.au)

Abstract

Contemporary Australia is in a contradictory situation as a nation where multiculturalism co-exists with various forms of what are collectively called racisms. Based on a survey of Sydney residents, this study uses a social constructivist approach to investigate the nature and sociospatial context of racist attitudes in Sydney, Australia's largest EthniCity. Results show a mix of compositional (aspatial) and contextual (spatial) associations with racisms. The former indicate a general but inconsistent relationship between socioeconomic status and tolerance, and also between cultural diversity and tolerance. The latter, however, reveal place-based cultures of tolerance and intolerance cutting across compositional relationships. A geography of racism in Sydney therefore adds a level of understanding which cannot be obtained from aspatial analysis alone. This helps to understand the complexity of local political cultures and can assist with the formulation of anti-racism interventions.

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  • James Forrest & Kevin Dunn, 2007. "Constructing Racism in Sydney, Australia's Largest EthniCity," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 44(4), pages 699-721, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:44:y:2007:i:4:p:699-721
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980601185676
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    1. Kiran Fahd & Sitalakshmi Venkatraman, 2019. "Racial Inclusion in Education: An Australian Context," Economies, MDPI, vol. 7(2), pages 1-12, April.
    2. Yogi Vidyattama, 2017. "Assessing the Association between Trust and Concentration Area of Migrant Ethnic Minority in Sydney," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 50(4), pages 412-426, December.

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