ABSTRACT

How do immigrant’s children cope with racist hegemonic discourse? To what extent, is their response effective? The article addresses this issue through an exploration of the identity and positioning strategies of children of 100,000 ‘Black Jews’ who immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia at the end of the last century. Drawing on the sociology of generations, we show that members of the second generation of Ethiopian immigrants developed a different identity and a contradictory positioning strategy to that of the 1.5 generation, while both failed to reduce racism in Israel. Contrary to Karl Mannheim’s linear theory, we argue that intergenerational encounters produce a new identity and a new positioning strategy that may be effective in creating social change. It was only through massive demonstrations in the year 2015 that intergenerational dialogue was created, leading to a new positioning strategy that proved to be effective in undermining racist hegemonic discourse.

摘要

移民的孩子如何应对种族主义霸权话语？他们的反应在多大程度上是有效的？本文通过探讨上世纪末从埃塞俄比亚移民到以色列的 10 万“黑人犹太人”的子女的身份和定位策略来解决这个问题。借鉴几代人的社会学，我们表明埃塞俄比亚移民的第二代成员发展出与 1.5 代不同的身份和矛盾的定位策略，而两者都未能减少以色列的种族主义。与卡尔·曼海姆的线性理论相反，我们认为代际相遇产生了新的身份和新的定位策略，可能有效地创造社会变革。