The authors hold that the recent phenomenon of immigration of non EEC workers into Italy has produced remarkable changes in the representation people have when they think of “migrants”. From a survey conducted among high school pupils in the Neapoiitan area, the presence of stereotypes varies according to groups studied.
The mentai representation school children have of gypsies and non EEC immigrants is analyzed. Whiie stereotypes concerning the first category seem consistent and full of negative eiements, the fonnation of stereotypes applied to foreign immigrants is stili an un-going process.
In the essay the authors point out the danger of a future application ofethnic stereotypes to support discriminatory practices, when immigrants wili no longer be perceived as an amorphous mass of people searching for a job, but wiil be considered as minority groups asking for the respect of their own identity.
Original Title
Stereotipi consolidati e stereotipi in formazione. Zingari e immigrati a confronto. di Pierpaolo Leschiutta e Claudio Marta
The authors hold that the recent phenomenon of immigration of non EEC workers into Italy has produced remarkable changes in the representation people have when they think of “migrants”. From a survey conducted among high school pupils in the Neapoiitan area, the presence of stereotypes varies according to groups studied.
The mentai representation school children have of gypsies and non EEC immigrants is analyzed. Whiie stereotypes concerning the first category seem consistent and full of negative eiements, the fonnation of stereotypes applied to foreign immigrants is stili an un-going process.
In the essay the authors point out the danger of a future application ofethnic stereotypes to support discriminatory practices, when immigrants wili no longer be perceived as an amorphous mass of people searching for a job, but wiil be considered as minority groups asking for the respect of their own identity.
The authors hold that the recent phenomenon of immigration of non EEC workers into Italy has produced remarkable changes in the representation people have when they think of “migrants”. From a survey conducted among high school pupils in the Neapoiitan area, the presence of stereotypes varies according to groups studied.
The mentai representation school children have of gypsies and non EEC immigrants is analyzed. Whiie stereotypes concerning the first category seem consistent and full of negative eiements, the fonnation of stereotypes applied to foreign immigrants is stili an un-going process.
In the essay the authors point out the danger of a future application ofethnic stereotypes to support discriminatory practices, when immigrants wili no longer be perceived as an amorphous mass of people searching for a job, but wiil be considered as minority groups asking for the respect of their own identity.