ABSTRACT

In this article, we explore how individuals navigate in seemingly neutral contexts where discrimination occurs while it is simultaneously denied. We address how structural discrimination (implicit, underlying) is so deeply imbricated within day-to-day forms of communication, interaction, and within language, that it has become part of social normality and, as such, nearly invisible. Further, we argue that structural discrimination is part of a shared knowledge that must be negotiated and navigated within, but which changes with place and context. In the article, we dissect and explore some of the ambivalences embedded within racialized and discriminatory interactions. We do this in our discussion of the following: (1) Complex, shared underlying knowledge of discrimination which encompasses systematized stratifications of difference. (2) ‘A knowing the inside/being the outside position’ which, for some individuals, may contribute to challenges in regard to navigation within discriminatory contexts.

摘要

在本文中，我们探讨了个体如何在看似中立的环境中导航，在这种环境中歧视同时被消除。我们讨论结构性歧视（内隐的，潜在的）如何在日常的交流，互动和语言形式中深深地根深蒂固，以致它已经成为社会常态的一部分，因此几乎是看不见的。此外，我们认为结构歧视是共享知识的一部分，必须在内部进行协商和指导，但是随着位置和环境的变化而变化。在本文中，我们剖析并探讨了种族化和歧视性互动中嵌入的一些矛盾之处。我们在以下讨论中做到了这一点：（1）复杂的，共同的歧视基本知识，包括系统化的差异分层。