Perception of valuation and self-evaluation among black people in Cartagena de Indias

Abstract

The aim of this study (drawing on the work of Van Dijk, 2000, Martin, 2004 y White, 2001) is to analyze how Black social group in Cartagena seems to be perceived by the White one and, also, how the former represent itself. This characterization is based on studying a corpus of narratives, obtained through interviews of some members of the Black community in Cartagena who reports experiences of racism in discourse and communication flow. These experiences are perceived as everyday racism and manifested ideological conflicts between both groups. Black group makes strategic inferences of these discourses and constructs models of perception of negative attitudes, related to phenotype (APPRECIATION) and social behavior (JUDGMENT), as at the same time, promote relationships of solidarity by presenting themselves as victims, by means of instances of negative AFFECT, and making self-judgments of positive CAPACITY.