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DOI :10.26650/JECS2023-1327333   IUP :10.26650/JECS2023-1327333    Full Text (PDF)

Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School

Ozan Uştuk

This study aims to reveal hidden racist practices within a Turkish public school and explores their perpetuation through daily interactions between teachers and Roma students. As part of an applied research project dedicated to empowering Roma children in the educational setting, the study employs discourse analysis to expose tacit racist discourses circulating within the school. Using participant observation, casual conversations, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions, the research reveals implicit discriminatory practices in classrooms. Teacher interviews expose a prevalent coping mechanism, i.e., denial, which reflects reluctance to acknowledge their role in perpetuating discrimination despite awareness of the structural inequalities faced by Roma students. While comprehending systemic challenges, the adherence of the teachers to the myth of meritocracy fosters cognitive dissonance, which results in a dismissive incomprehension of the realities of and occasional assignment of blame to Roma students. Cultural stereotypes and pseudogenetic explanations function as convenient means of rationalizing existing biases. Navigating cognitive dissonance, teachers frequently redirect their focus toward the behaviors of Roma people due to a sense of helplessness and the influence of the pervasive meritocratic narrative. This dynamic contributes to the perpetuation of institutional racism through the daily discourse of teachers, which inadvertently exacerbates this systemic issue.


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Uştuk, O. (2024). Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School. Journal of Economy Culture and Society, 0(69), 77-85. https://doi.org/10.26650/JECS2023-1327333


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Uştuk O. Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School. Journal of Economy Culture and Society. 2024;0(69):77-85. https://doi.org/10.26650/JECS2023-1327333


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Uştuk, O. Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School. Journal of Economy Culture and Society, [Publisher Location], v. 0, n. 69, p. 77-85, 2024.


Chicago: Author-Date Style

Uştuk, Ozan,. 2024. “Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School.” Journal of Economy Culture and Society 0, no. 69: 77-85. https://doi.org/10.26650/JECS2023-1327333


Chicago: Humanities Style

Uştuk, Ozan,. Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School.” Journal of Economy Culture and Society 0, no. 69 (Dec. 2024): 77-85. https://doi.org/10.26650/JECS2023-1327333


Harvard: Australian Style

Uştuk, O 2024, 'Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School', Journal of Economy Culture and Society, vol. 0, no. 69, pp. 77-85, viewed 22 Dec. 2024, https://doi.org/10.26650/JECS2023-1327333


Harvard: Author-Date Style

Uştuk, O. (2024) ‘Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School’, Journal of Economy Culture and Society, 0(69), pp. 77-85. https://doi.org/10.26650/JECS2023-1327333 (22 Dec. 2024).


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Uştuk, Ozan,. Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School.” Journal of Economy Culture and Society, vol. 0, no. 69, 2024, pp. 77-85. [Database Container], https://doi.org/10.26650/JECS2023-1327333


Vancouver

Uştuk O. Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School. Journal of Economy Culture and Society [Internet]. 22 Dec. 2024 [cited 22 Dec. 2024];0(69):77-85. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/JECS2023-1327333 doi: 10.26650/JECS2023-1327333


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Uştuk, Ozan. Tacit Racism Toward Roma Students: The Case of a Turkish Public School”. Journal of Economy Culture and Society 0/69 (Dec. 2024): 77-85. https://doi.org/10.26650/JECS2023-1327333



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Submitted14.07.2023
Accepted06.03.2024
Published Online06.05.2024

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