The Guises of Denial of Racism in Afro-Iraqi Discourse

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This work employs a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach. It attempts to show the types of prevalent racism in Afro-Iraqi discourse, as well as the guises of denial of this racism. The analyzed data comprise three international reports that have addressed this subject. The study aims to address the following questions: “What is the type of racism in Afro-Iraqi discourse?” and “What are the guises of denial racism in Afro-Iraqi discourse?” Moreover, the researcher adopts van Dijk’s (1992) theory as a framework for conducting this study