Elaborates on how ‘whiteness’ in the media maintains inequality and racism through an authoritative practice of identifying hate-based crimes on the basis of identities.
It is no secret that the white-controlled media is largely responsible for the language that is used for constructing public ideas about racial identities. . This paper will argue that the media effectively perpetuates racism, homophobia, anti-Semitism and other acts of oppression through language practices and speech acts.