How is racism negotiated by those who are otherwise victims of racism? Social psychologists show the relevance of categorization in negotiating racism. In the present article I focus on a setting where the majority group itself can be considered a target of racism: racism against Black-Africans in India. I examine how victim categorization of the majority group is developed and used through a membership categorization analysis of broadcast media news debates. Analysis shows that, first, victim categories complicated the use of racial prejudice as an explanation for the attacks. Second, victim categorizations were developed in relation to social groups that were removed from the present setting. These allowed for accomplishing specific actions: denials and rejections of racism, moral concerns in racism, and acceptance of Black-Africans' claims about racism. Together, the findings show that racism can be negotiated in terms additional to racial/ethnic group membership: as victims or perpetrators of racism.

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“我们是种族主义的受害者”：在印度就针对黑人非洲人的种族主义主张进行谈判时的受害者类别

那些本来是种族主义受害者的人是如何谈判种族主义的？社会心理学家展示了分类在谈判种族主义中的相关性。在本文中，我关注多数群体本身可以被视为种族主义目标的环境：印度针对黑人的种族主义。我通过对广播媒体新闻辩论的成员分类分析来研究如何开发和使用多数群体的受害者分类。分析表明，首先，受害者类别使使用种族偏见作为攻击的解释变得复杂。其次，受害者分类是与从当前环境中移除的社会群体相关的。这些允许完成特定的行动：否认和拒绝种族主义，种族主义中的道德问题，以及接受黑人非洲人的 关于种族主义的主张。总之，调查结果表明，种族主义可以在种族/族裔群体成员之外的其他方面进行谈判：作为种族主义的受害者或肇事者。