Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 7 Number: 2 Page: 152–162
doi:10.2167/laic271.0
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Scientifically Correct Racism: Health Studies' Unintended Effects against Minority Groups
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Daniel La Parra Casado and Miguel Angel Mateo Pérez
Dpto. Sociología II, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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The present paper analyses press releases, news reports and health plans to show how health communication functions in perpetuating dominant racist structures. The paper is mainly concerned with how normal science and health practices can become an instrument for justifying racism and reproducing it in our societies. The examples demonstrate that even when all forms of explicit racism are avoided, health communication can have identifiable racist consequences in people's lives.
Keywords: health communication, immigrants, mass media, minorities, racism
© 2007 D. La Parra & M.A. Mateo
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