Literature on modern racism identifies denial as one of its key features. This article examines
the discourses of denial that feature in the talk of local anti-racism actors in Australia, and
asks what drives these discourses. The research draws on qualitative interviews undertaken
with participants involved in local anti-racism in two case study areas, one in South Australia
and the other in New South Wales. This article explores the way local participants in the
case study areas deployed four discourses to deny or minimise racism: temporal deflections; …

Literature on modern racism identifies denial as one of its key features. This paper examines
the discourses of denial that feature in the talk of local anti-racism actors in Australia, and
asks what drives these discourses. The research draws on qualitative interviews undertaken
with participants involved in local anti-racism in two case study areas, one in South Australia
and the other in New South Wales. This paper explores the way local participants in the
case study areas deployed four discourses to deny or minimise racism: temporal deflections; …