A very 'prudent integration': white flight, school segregation and the depoliticization of (anti-)racism

This article explores the contemporary legitimation of institutional racism resulting from the prevailing depoliticized framework of integration, which became prominent in the 1960s and is now hegemonic in political and academic debate in Europe. Integration has helped shift the focus to the suppose...

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Published in:Race, ethnicity and education ethnicity and education, 2016-03, Vol.19 (2), p.300-323
Main Author: Araújo, Marta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Studies
Debates
Elementary Schools
Ethnic Groups
Foreign Countries
Hegemony
institutional racism
Legitimacy
Legitimation
Migration
Politicization
Politics
Politics of Education
Portugal
Qualitative Research
Racial Discrimination
Racism
Roma/Gypsies
Romani people
Rural Areas
Rural communities
School Desegregation
School Segregation
Schools
Segregation
Semi Structured Interviews
Social workers
Systemic racism
Teachers
the politics of integration
white flight
Whites
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Summary:This article explores the contemporary legitimation of institutional racism resulting from the prevailing depoliticized framework of integration, which became prominent in the 1960s and is now hegemonic in political and academic debate in Europe. Integration has helped shift the focus to the supposed cultural inadequacies of ethnically marked populations, who ought to show a willingness to pursue the modern dream; simultaneously, it has invisibilized institutional racism and made an anti-racist repertoire unavailable. This argument is illustrated through a case of white flight and school segregation in a rural area in Portugal, revealing both the enduring racism against the Roma/Gypsies - suppressed and repressed throughout the last five centuries in Europe - and its depoliticization within the normal working of institutions. It draws on qualitative research with representatives from public bodies and mediating agents (e.g. teachers and social workers), as well as on analysis of the official reports by the Portuguese state and European institutions.
ISSN:1361-3324
1470-109X
DOI:10.1080/13613324.2014.969225