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dc.contributor.authorMoholt, Karoline Sundsøy
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-04T10:45:19Z
dc.date.available2019-10-04T10:45:19Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2620293
dc.description.abstractThis thesis aims to take a critical look at stereotypes that can be connected to different racial groups and how they work in conjunction with categorizing according to preference. The questions of the thesis are a) Which stereotypes emerge when discussing racial preference with white Norwegian women? b) How are these stereotypes explained by the participants? c) To what degree is personal preference seen as something deeply individual and unique or affected by external factors? Bonilla- Silva’s “4 frames of colorblind racism” is used as theoretical framework in order to further understand the participants narratives and how they reason their stereotypes and preference. The thesis presents and deliberates the interviewees applying the “4 frames” and with previous research in mind. This thesis concludes that two examples of common cultural stereotypes from the literature was observed in the interviews: the sexualization of the black man and the undesirability of the Asian man. Furthermore, some features of the frame of “naturalization” was noted in the reasoning of why the participants found Asian men in general to be unattractive. One example of racial narrative through testimony was examined, which had key features of shifting the blame for segregation. The frame “minimization of racism” was not observed during the interviewees, which might be due to the nature of the subject and questions. Finally, the concept of “choice” which relates directly to the frame of “abstract liberalism” was used as a defence of personal preference. Especially in relation to inclusion, the participants felt that the choice was theirs alone, but some admitted to external influence in relation to exclusion of some racial groups. However, exclusion and inclusion are closely related concepts and the interviewees not seeing this link suggests that personal preference is perceived to some degree as exempt from external influence, inexplicable and somehow protected. It is important to encourage further research on the subject in working towards a more inclusive and equal societynb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Sørøst-Norgenb_NO
dc.subjectmenneskerettigheternb_NO
dc.subjectstereotypernb_NO
dc.titleDiscussing racial preference with white Norwegian women: stereotypes and colorblind rationalizationsnb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber89nb_NO


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