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Differences in the perception of people stem primarily from the worldview of the observer. In the USA, individuals who are not part of the immediate dominant culture are often marginalized. What happens when a communication situation attempts to remind individuals of their already known marginalized status? Using a phenomenological approach, this study seeks to highlight reactions to attempts at and acts of the re-marginalization of Blacks. The researchers choose to call this relegation to the social periphery, a Blackground experience.
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Greene, D.M., Stewart, F. Conceptualizing the Blackground: Framing Attempts and Acts of Re-marginalization. J Afr Am St 19, 362–376 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-015-9308-y
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