This legacy continues to affect the ethnic and racial discourse in Fiji.

Hodson used the classical "brachycephalic" and "dolichocephalic" terminology in force in racial discourses of the day.

The furor over the word "speaks to how juvenile racial discourse is in this country," Mr. McGruder said.

"Representations of 'the Chinese' and 'ethnicity' in British racial discourse".

Although this might sometimes occur in discourse, and van Dijk's own data reveal the complexity of racial discourse, it cannot be the full story.

Her reluctance lowers the overall level of racial discourse and allows us all to wallow in our racial assumptions.

In the overheated, oppressive, finger-pointing atmosphere in which much of our racial discourse is conducted, Mr. Price's speech was a welcome breeze.

They conflated nationalities with ethnic groups, called "races", in a radical distinction from previous racial discourses that posited the existence of a "race struggle" inside the nation and the state itself.

"At this point I feel Alvin was way ahead of any racial discourse," Mr. Jones says.

It is precisely because of them that any progress at all has been accomplished in matters of racial discourse.