'Here we go again': Christchurch's antiracism rallyas a discursive crisis

摘要

An antiracist rally in Christchurch, New Zealand in May 2004 was organized byAsian immigrants to protest and advocate for an end to everyday racism in their dealingswith long settled New Zealanders, but public debate focused not on the experiences ofrecent migrants but on the question of whether Christchurch is racist. A discursive crisis,indicated by heavy media coverage in the weeks immediately before and after the event, ischaracterized by discourses of denial, affront and whiteness that indicate the social contextin which racialization occurs. Such discourses are similar to those of 'new racism' in otherimmigrant societies.