Constructing Racism in Sydney, Australia's Largest EthniCity

James Forrest and Kevin Dunn
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James Forrest: Department of Human Geography, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Sydney 2109, Australia, jforre.rt@el.r.mq.edu.au
Kevin Dunn: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, New South Wales, Australia, k.dunn@unsw.edu.au

Urban Studies, 2007, vol. 44, issue 4, 699-721

Abstract: Contemporary Australia is in a contradictory situation as a nation where multiculturalism co-exists with various forms of what are collectively called racisms. Based on a survey of Sydney residents, this study uses a social constructivist approach to investigate the nature and sociospatial context of racist attitudes in Sydney, Australia's largest EthniCity. Results show a mix of compositional (aspatial) and contextual (spatial) associations with racisms. The former indicate a general but inconsistent relationship between socioeconomic status and tolerance, and also between cultural diversity and tolerance. The latter, however, reveal place-based cultures of tolerance and intolerance cutting across compositional relationships. A geography of racism in Sydney therefore adds a level of understanding which cannot be obtained from aspatial analysis alone. This helps to understand the complexity of local political cultures and can assist with the formulation of anti-racism interventions.

Date: 2007
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