Нации и этничность в гуманитарных науках

This article is dedicated to how the issue of integration of migrants is represented in Russian media discourse and to the mode in which this discourse related to integration contributes to the construction of the image of a migrant in modern Russia. The research is based on the content analysis of media texts dedicated to the issue of the integration of migrants. The emphasis is put on public discussions about the latest legislations aimed at regulating the process of migration and promoting the integration of migrants.

The public discussion about the issue of the integration of migrants is based on several presuppositions: there exist the so called “us” and “them”, groups whose members are regarded not as individuals but as parts of a “collective personality”; each of “us” is a representative of “our” culture considered unaltered homogenous substance; at the same time “their” culture is also unaltered homogenous substance whose representative is each of “them”; there is significant distance between “our” and “their” culture that may be observed and measured; “their” culture is deemed not only different from “ours” but also threatening “our” integrity; “they” must learn to abide by the rules of “our” culture since “they” currently reside on “our” territory and therefore are inferior to “us”.

This type of discourse related to integration implies that all sorts of difficulties – social, economic, communicative, everyday – that a person faces while migrating – are represented in the terms of culture. As a consequence, institutional barriers to the integration of migrants remain unsolved.

Keywords: integration of migrants; migration discourse; cultural racism.

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