Institutional racism in social housing policy ; Le racisme institutionnel dans la politique du logement social
The finding of ethnic discrimination in access to social housing raises the question of HLM's 'racism'. In this article, I reject the hypothesis of purely individual racism and that of a racist ideological structure which would be binding on all members of a given culture, in order to defend that of institutional racism and to highlight the institutional logic of symbolic production of ethnic borders. Far from being a racist aberration, the salience of ethnicity in the representations and mental maps of actors takes its full meaning in relation to their world of institutional sense and practice. ; Institutional racism in social housing policy The evidence of ethnic discrimination in access to social housing raises the issue of social landlords' "racism". In this article, we reject the assumption of a purely individual racism as well as the one of a racist ideological structure that would force itself upon all members of a given culture. We defend the assumption of an institutional racism. We shed light on the institutional mechanisms of symbolic production of ethnic boundaries. Far from being a racist aberration, the saliency of ethnicity in the representations and mental cards of local actors of social housing is coherent with their institutional universe of meanings and practices. ; The finding of ethnic discrimination in access to social housing raises the question of HLM's 'racism'. In this article, I reject the hypothesis of purely individual racism and that of a racist ideological structure which would be binding on all members of a given culture, in order to defend that of institutional racism and to highlight the institutional logic of symbolic production of ethnic borders. Far from being a racist aberration, the salience of ethnicity in the representations and mental maps of actors takes its full meaning in relation to their world of institutional sense and practice. ; Le constat des discriminations ethniques dans l'accès au logement social conduit à poser la question du « racisme » des HLM. Dans cet ...