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Counter-frames against anti-Asian racism during the Corona pandemic in Berlin - coping with exclusion, creating belonging and organising resistance
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Abstract In 2020, anti-Asian racism re-emerged during the coronavirus pandemic in Germany and elsewhere, manifesting in media narratives, and evoking different forms of violence and exclusion, especially in public space. Racialisation as an everyday process creates "counter-frames" by racialised groups. They... view more
In 2020, anti-Asian racism re-emerged during the coronavirus pandemic in Germany and elsewhere, manifesting in media narratives, and evoking different forms of violence and exclusion, especially in public space. Racialisation as an everyday process creates "counter-frames" by racialised groups. They are constructed in relation to institutionalised interpellation as "the other." Building on Feagin's concept of "white framing" and "counter-framing" and Löw's concept of space, this paper discusses the effects of racialisation, coping and anti-racist resistance strategies as developed by the Asian diaspora. Social change regarding racism will be analysed through Foroutan's concept of "postmigrant society." We based this study on a convenience sample of people with Asian heritage which we conducted in 2020 in Germany. In addition, we included a diary study for which a subset has been sampled. We argue that the pandemic influenced the formation of counter-frames against anti-Asian racism in the specific context of Berlin.... view less
Keywords
Berlin; Federal Republic of Germany; racism; Asian; ethnic group; public space; exclusion; discrimination; diaspora; resistance; self-organization; empowerment
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Social Problems
Free Keywords
Antirassismus; COVID-19; Epidemie/Pandemie; Gesellschaftliche Vereinigung; Personenvereinigung
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Page/Pages
p. 73-110
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 53 (2024) 1
Issue topic
Chinese Migrants in Metropolises Abroad: Agency, Interactions, Belonging
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed