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Polite responses to stigmatization: ethics of exemplarity among French Muslim elites

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  • Margot Dazey

    (IAST - Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, CERAPS - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales - UMR 8026 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Anti-Muslim hostility in Europe operates in a variety of forms and settings. While a rich body of work has highlighted the multifaceted stigmatization of Islam in European societies, little is known on how Muslims respond to it. Based on an ethnographic case study of a group of French Muslim activists, this article describes how they explain, rebut and cope with anti-Muslim hostility. Drawing on sociological research on antiracist practices, the article expands understandings of non-confrontational strategies designed to dispel prejudices gradually and educate racist people tactfully. More precisely, the French Muslim activists I interviewed urge their coreligionists to display good manners and exemplary behaviour in response to stigmatization, mobilizing a middle-class set of values encompassing politeness, discretion, socio-economic uplift and self-discipline. In doing so, these activists offer oppositional space to anti-Muslim hostility but also reinforce some of the hegemonic values of colour-blind French republicanism.

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  • Margot Dazey, 2023. "Polite responses to stigmatization: ethics of exemplarity among French Muslim elites," Post-Print hal-04067043, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04067043
    DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2021.1998569
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    1. Mirna Safi & Patrick Simon, 2013. "Les discriminations ethniques et raciales dans l'enquête Trajectoires et Origines : représentations, expériences subjectives et situations vécues," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 464(1), pages 245-275.
    2. Margot Dazey, 2021. "Rethinking respectability politics," Post-Print hal-03452144, HAL.
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