The ‘Culturally and Linguistically Diverse’ (CALD) label: A critique using African migrants as exemplar

IF 0.1 Q2 Arts and Humanities Australasian Review of African Studies Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI:10.22160/22035184/ARAS-2018-39-2/74-94

K. Adusei-Asante, H. Adibi

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Abstract

This article critiques the widely accepted official label 'Culturally and Linguistically Diverse' (CALD), used in Australia to refer mainly to Australia's non-Indigenous ethnic groups other than the English-speaking Anglo-Saxon majority. Our main contention is that it is a racialised and racialising label that perpetuates institutional racism, providing a conceptual excuse for legitimising privilege and altruistic governmentality over minority groups, while inferiorising and projecting these groups as an analogous population who need 'fixing'. The article draws on the sociological construct of labelling, through which we analyse the framing of CALD people in the literature as 'deviants' using Black African Migrants in Australia as exemplars. We propose that CALD labelling is counterproductive because it hinders social integration, divides people into 'us and them', homogenises, blurs particular lived experiences and needs, and ignores intersectional issues.

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“文化和语言多样性”（CALD）标签：以非洲移民为例的批判

这篇文章批评了被广泛接受的官方标签“文化和语言多样性”（CALD），该标签在澳大利亚主要指澳大利亚的非土著民族，而不是英语为主的盎格鲁撒克逊人。我们的主要论点是，这是一个种族化和种族化的标签，使制度性种族主义永久化，为使特权和对少数群体的利他主义治理合法化提供了一个概念上的借口，同时将这些群体视为需要“修复”的类似人群。本文借鉴了标签的社会学结构，通过该结构，我们以澳大利亚的非洲黑人移民为例，分析了文献中CALD人被定义为“离经叛道者”的情况。我们认为，CALD标签会适得其反，因为它阻碍了社会融合，将人们划分为“我们和他们”，同质化，模糊了特定的生活经历和需求，并忽视了交叉问题。

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Australasian Review of African Studies AREA STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： The Australasian Review of African Studies aims to contribute to a better understanding of Africa in Australasia and the Pacific. It is published twice a year in June and December by The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific. ARAS is a multi-disciplinary journal that seeks to provide critical, authoritative and accessible material on a range of African affairs that is interesting and readable to as broad an audience as possible, both academic and non-academic. All articles are blind peer reviewed by two independent and qualified experts in their entirety prior to publication. Each issue includes both scholarly and generalist articles, a book review section (which normally includes a lengthy review essay), short notes on contemporary African issues and events (up to 2,000 words), as well as reports on research and professional involvement in Africa, and on African university activities. What makes the Review distinctive as a professional journal is this ‘mix’ of authoritative scholarly and generalist material on critical African issues written from very different disciplinary and professional perspectives. The Review is available to all members of the African Studies Association of Australia and the Pacific as part of their membership. Membership is open to anyone interested in African affairs, and the annual subscription fee is modest. The ARAS readership intersects academic, professional, voluntary agency and public audiences and includes specialists, non-specialists and members of the growing African community in Australia. There is also now a small but growing international readership which extends to Africa, North America and the United Kingdom.