Positive Self-Presentation and Negative Other-Presentation in Pastor Thomas Robb's Text.
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ABSTRACT
Dalam penulisan skripsi ini, saya menganalisis
representasi “
self
”
dan “
other
” dalam sebuah teks yang ditulis oleh
seorang pemimpin grup
rasis Ku Klux Klan di Amerika yang bernama Thomas Robb. Saya
menggunakan metode analisis teks dalam proses analisis data.
Thomas Robb adalah seorang pendeta yang juga merupakan
pemimpin pusat dari kelompok Ku Klux Klan, sebuah grup aliran keras dari
Amerika yang memiliki keterkaitan erat dengan praktek rasisme yang
terutama ditujukan bagi kulit hitam. Tercatat dalam sejarah bahwa Ku Klux
Klan sudah melakukan banyak praktek kekerasan seperti pembunuhan,
penganiayaan, pembakaran, dan lain lain.
Dalam skripsi ini, saya mengaplikasikan fitur-fitur
coherence
dari
analisis teks, seperti referensi, substitusi, konjungsi, dan kohesi leksikal.
Selain itu, saya juga menggunakan fitur-fitur
transitivity
, yaitu
processes
,
mood
, dan
theme-rheme
. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan dengan jelas
bahwa Thomas Robb mempresentasikan
other
secara negatif, dan
self
secara positif.
Saya berharap skripsi ini dapat memberikan banyak kontribusi dalam
studi tentang rasisme dan juga membuat para pembelajar linguistik tertarik
untuk mempelajari lebih dalam tentang analisis teks.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... i
ABSTRACT ... ii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem ... 4
1.3 Purpose of the Study ... 5
1.4 Method of Research ... 5
1.5 Organization of the Thesis ... 5
CHAPTER TWO: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ... 6
2.1 Coherence ...,,,,,,,,,,,,... 7
2.1.1 Reference ... 7
2.1.2 Substitution ... 8
2.1.3 Ellipsis ... 8
2.1.4 Conjunction ... 8
2.1.5 Lexical Cohesion ... 9
2.2 Transitivity ... 9
2.2.1 Processes ... 10
2.2.2 Mood ... 11
2.2.3 Theme-Rheme ... 11
CHAPTER THREE: POSITIVE SELF-PRESENTATION AND NEGATIVE OTHER-PRESENTATION IN PASTOR THOMAS ROBB’S TEXT ... 13
CHAPTER FOUR: CONCLUSION ... 35
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 39
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APPENDIX
DATA:
"There is a race war against whites. But our people - my white brothers and sisters - will stay committed to a non-violent resolution. That resolution must consist of solidarity in white communities around the world. The hatred for our children and their future is growing and is being fueled every single day. Stay firm in your convictions. Keep loving your heritage and keep witnessing to others that there is a better way than a war torn, violent, wicked, socialist, new world order. That way is the Christian way - law and order - love of family - love of nation. These are the principles of western Christian civilization. There is a war to destroy these things. Pray that our people see the error of their ways and regain a sense of loyalty. Repent America! Be faithful my fellow believers." <http://www.kkk.com/>
LIST OF TABLES:
Table 1. The Use of Personal Pronoun as Reference
Presuming Reference Referring to
But our people – my white brothers and sisters –will stay…
Pastor Thomas Robb and the white people
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41 ...my white brothers and sisters – will
stay…
Pastor Thomas Robb
The hatred for our children and their future…
Pastor Thomas Robb and the white people
The hatred for our children and their future…
our children Pastor Thomas Robb & the white people’s children
Stay firm in your convictions the white people (including Pastor Thomas Robb)
Keep loving your heritage… the white people (including Pastor Thomas Robb)
Pray that our people see the error… Pastor Thomas Robb and the white people
…our people see the error of their ways
and regain…
our people Pastor Thomas Robb and the white people
Be faithful my fellow believers Pastor Thomas Robb
Table 2. The Use of Substitution
Substitution Substituting for
That resolution must consist of… non-violent
That way is the Christian way… better
These are the principles of… law and order – love of family – love of nation
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– love of nation
Table 3. The Use of Positive Words and Their Further Descriptions
Positive Words Further Description
non-violent solidarity in white communities around the world
better way Christian way
law and order – love of family – love of nation
the principles of western Christian civilization
Table 4. The Use of Antonymy
Antonymy
Negative Meaning Positive Meaning
(1) There is a race war against… But our people… committed to a non-violent resolution
(4) The hatred for our children and their future is growing…
Keep loving your heritage and keep witnessing to others that there is a
better way (8) (And) keep witnessing to others…
wicked, socialist, new world order
That way is… law and order – love of
family…
(8) (And) keep witnessing to others… violent, wicked, socialist…
That way is… love of family – love of
nation
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43 violent, wicked, socialist (
Communists other as atheists), new world order
as Christians) –law and order…
Table 5. The Use of Processes
No. Clause Process
1
There is a race war against whites existential
2 But our people - my white brothers and sisters - will stay committed to a non-violent
resolution
material
3 That resolution must consist of solidarity in white communities around the world
relational
4 The hatred for our children and their future is growing
material
5 And is being fueled every single day material
6 Stay firm in your convictions material
7 Keep loving your heritage material
8 (And) keep witnessing to others that there is a better way than a war torn, violent,
wicked, socialist, new world order.
material
9 That way is the Christian way - law and order - love of family - love of nation
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44 10 These are the principles of western
Christian civilization
relational
11 There is a war to destroy these things existential 12 Pray that our people seethe errorof their
ways andregain a sense of loyalty
material
13 Repent America! material
14 Be faithful my fellow believers relational
Table 6. The Use of Mood
No. Clause Mood
1 There is a race war against whites declarative
2 But our people - my white brothers and sisters - will stay committed to a non-violent resolution
declarative
3 That resolution must consist of solidarity in white communities around the world
declarative
4 The hatred for our children and their future is growing
declarative
5 And is being fueled every single day declarative
6 Stay firm in your convictions imperative
7 Keep loving your heritage imperative
8 (And) keep witnessing to others that there is a better way than a war torn, violent, wicked, socialist, new
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45 world order
9 That way is the Christian way - law and order - love of family - love of nation
declarative
10 These are the principles of western Christian civilization
declarative
11 There is a war to destroy these things declarative
12 Pray that our people seethe errorof their ways and regain a sense of loyalty
imperative
13 Repent America! imperative
14 Be faithful my fellow believers imperative
Table 7. The Presentation of Self and Other in Clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5)
No. Clause Self Other
1 There is a race war against whites. - Negative
2 But our people - my white brothers and sisters - will stay committed to a
non-violent resolution.
Positive -
3 That resolution must consist of solidarity in white communities around the world.
Positive -
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5 And is being fueled every single day. - Negative
Table 8. The Imperative Mood in Clauses (5), (6), and (7)
Clause Command
6 (his people to) stay firm in your convictions
7 (his people to) keep loving your heritage
8 (his people to) keep witnessing to others that there is a better way than a war torn, wicked, socialist, new world
order
Table 9. The Use of Theme-Rheme
No Theme Rheme
1 There is a race war against whites 2 But our people – my
white brothers and sisters
will stay committed to a non-violent resolution
3 That resolution must consist of solidarity in white communities around the world
4 The hatred for our children and their
future
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47 5 (The hatred for our
children and their future)
(and) is being fueled every single day
6 Stay firm in your convictions
7 Keep loving your heritage
8 (and) Keep witnessing to others that there is a better way than a war torn, violent, wicked, socialist, new world
order
9 That way is the Christian way – law and order – love of family – love of nation
10 These are the principles of western Christian civilization 11 There is a war to destroy these things
12 Pray that our people (=theme A) see the error of their ways (=rheme A) and regain a sense of loyalty
(=rheme B)
13 Repent America
14 Be faithful my fellow believers
LIST OF FIGURES:
Figure 1. The Use of Conjunction
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Figure 2. Lexical Strings displaying Repetition & Synonymy
loyalty
whites Synonymy
non-violent resolution Repetition faithful
Repetition my white brothers Synonymy
that resolution Repetition stay committed
in white communities Synonymy
stay firm
Figure 3. Lexical String displaying Theme and Rheme Patterns
There is a race war against the whites
theme (1) rheme (1)
theme (4) rheme (4)
theme (5) rheme (5)
theme (11) rheme (11)
theme (12) rheme (12) = theme A rheme A
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But our … and sisters will stay committed to … resolution
theme 2 rheme 2
theme 3 rheme 3
theme 6 rheme 6
theme 7 rheme 7
theme 8 rheme 8
theme 9 rheme 9
theme 10 rheme 10
theme 12 rheme 12 = theme A rheme B
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The United States of America is a multiethnic country. The people who live there come from various countries with various cultures. Thus, a lot of differences can be found among them. These differences can lead to the subordination of members of various groups based on their race. Paula S. Rothenberg states in her book Race, Class, and Gender in the United States that:
One of the first things we notice about people when we meet them (along with their sex) is their race. We utilize race to provide clues about who a person is. This fact is made painfully obvious when we encounter someone whom we cannot conveniently racially categorize, someone who
is, for example, racially “mixed” or of an ethnic or racial group with which we are not familiar. Such an encounter becomes a source of discomfort and momentarily a crisis of racial meaning (14).
This tendency of people categorizing others based on racial differences is the reason why people are discriminated. This fact naturally leads to racism.
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2 Maranatha Christian University Racism is defined by Martin N. Marger in his book, Race and Ethnic Relations, as “the belief that humans are subdivided into distinct heredity groups that are innately different in their social behavior and mental capacities and that
can therefore be ranked as superior and inferior…” (27).
In America, racism has been a major problem since the day America was founded. One of the undeniable proofs of racism in America was the practice of slavery in the early days. Besides, racism has often played a central role in conflicts between groups of people. And yet, it has been particularly used against minorities such as Native Americans, African-Americans, and many other races. Among the groups which are promoting and continuing the terrible problem, there is a group named Ku Klux Klan.
The history of Ku Klux Klan began in the middle of the 19th century. The group was founded by the veterans of Confederate Army, and the purpose is solely to react against Radical Republican by attempting to restore white supremacy in the wake of Civil War. With a lot of records of intimidation and violence aimed at the colored people and the Jews, the group was prosecuted under the Civil Rights Act in 1871. However it rose again, reaching a membership peak of five million in the 1920s. In the times of the Great Depression in 1929, the group was slowly diminished. During World War II, the group began to revive because the idea of white supremacy was again popularized by the Nazi. At the same time, the American society seemed to consciously turn against the group during this period as never before. As a result, law enforcement agencies were successful in bringing down the group in the 1970s. The present Ku Klux Klan is composed of small independent groups that spread all over America. However, since Pastor Thomas Robb became the head of the group, the group has been very well-organized.
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3 Maranatha Christian University Thomas Robb, the current national director of the Knights of Ku Klux Klan, was born in Detroit, Michigan in the year of 1946. He is a father of three and a grandfather of seven. Thomas Robb is a pastor at the Christian Revival Center and he is an ordained Baptist minister. For the past 30 years, he has been a powerful spokesman for the white rights movement. He has committed his life to speaking up for the rights of white Christians while traveling all over America.
Pastor Thomas Robb and his Ku Klux Klan people tend to think of themselves as superior and all too often racism is used “to legitimate the unequal distribution of the society’s resources, specifically, various forms of wealth,
prestige and power” (Marger 27). White-skinned people of European origin like
them view themselves as innately superior in “intelligence, temperament and
other primary attitudes, beliefs and behavioral traits” (Marger 28). This tendency is strengthened by the fact that they outnumber the native American and other races that inhabit America. This fact leads Pastor Thomas Robb, together with his Ku Klux Klan people, to think that they are innately superior to others and it creates a thought in their mind of legitimizing the use of power to oppress the minority.
In terms of transparency, it seems quite interesting to study the practice of Ku Klux Klan nowadays. In the early days, they obviously were very transparent in practicing racial discrimination, but it was not the same as it is in the present day. The acting director of the group, Pastor Thomas Robb, and his Ku Klux Klan people tend to go “soft” in an attempt to be accepted publicly. They try to spread issues that they have logical reasons why they do so and why they should not be claimed entirely wrong. For that reason, I analyze the practice of racial discrimination by Pastor Thomas Robb that is especially targeted at the minorities in America.
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4 Maranatha Christian University In making the analysis, I will apply text analysis as the major linguistic theory in my thesis. The reason why I choose text analysis is that this study device seems to be very helpful in revealing how the speaker represents himself and others. The study of text analysis covers structure, diction, and coherence. The three linguistic areas help me a lot to elaborate my data in order to have more detailed analyses. Therefore, the significance of my study is to show that Pastor Thomas Robb is undoubtedly a racist, and why he is the kind of person. This is my reason for choosing the topic of this thesis. Basically, I am challenged to know more about Pastor Thomas Robb and the Ku Klux Klan because in my opinion he, as well as the group, is very interesting to study.
For the data, I choose a speech of Pastor Thomas Robb’s that I have searched from the Internet. The data I have chosen present a discourse that is linguistically analyzable. I will first analyze the data in the text by scanning and detecting anything that is categorized as text analysis. In the process, I use the subfields of text analysis such as structure, diction, and coherence to elaborate my analysis. In the end, hopefully, my analysis can be of great help in contributing more on the study about racism to Indonesian linguists who are interested in discussing a similar topic.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In this thesis, I would like to analyze the following problems: 1. How is the self represented in the text?
2. How is the other represented in the text?
3. What are the linguistic instruments used to represent the self and the other?
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1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of my study is:
1. to know how the self is represented in the text. 2. to know how the other is represented in the text.
3. to know what linguistic instruments are used to represent the self and the other.
1.4 METHOD OF RESEARCH
The method used is library research. I begin the research for this thesis by finding and reading some books that are relevant to the topic discussed. I also search for some further explanation about the concept of text analysis on the Internet. After that, I browse and collect the data from the Internet. I mainly focus on finding the data in Ku Klux Klan’s official website in order to avoid irrelevant and misleading information. Finally, I draw a conclusion of what has been discussed.
1.5 ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS
I divide the thesis into four chapters. The first chapter is Introduction, which consists of Background of the Study, Statement of the Problems, Purpose of the Study, Method of Research, and Organization of the Thesis. Chapter two contains the theoretical framework, in which I present some approaches that I use to analyze the data. Chapter Three is the analysis of the text. The last chapter, Chapter Four, is the conclusion of the analysis. At the end of the thesis, I put the bibliography and the appendix.
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CHAPTER FOUR
CONCLUSION
In this chapter I would like to give my personal opinions of the findings that I have got from my analysis in the previous chapter, which discusses the positive self-presentation and negative other-presentation in Pastor Thomas Robb’s text through the structure and diction.
I find that in the text, the presentation of the self, which refers to Pastor Thomas Robb and his Ku Klux Klan, is implicitly positive. In the implicit way, Pastor Thomas Robb argues that white people are far better than any other people. According to him white people are in fact the righteous one. It is for the reason that white people, which specifically refer to himself and his Ku Klux Klan, are the ones who are righteous in the religious way because they are thought to hold dearly the principles of Christianity, which are law and order, love of family, and love of nation.
Besides, he wants to put the stress on the fact that it is the white people who are on the right track since they are the ones who are in favor of non-violent resolution. Besides, Pastor Thomas Robb also implies that he and his Ku Klux Klan are positive people as he tells his people to keep being faithful.
In my opinion, the whole idea of how Pastor Thomas Robb presents himself and his Ku Klux Klan in the positive ways is solely for the purpose of
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36 Maranatha Christian University imposing perception in the reader’s mind that he and his Ku Klux Klan are righteous. They, as white people, the chosen race, should be superior to all the other races. Thus, when related to the background of the text, the fact that the position of the most powerful man in the United States of America falls to an African-American, a non-white man, such as Barack Obama, really bothers him. That is why Pastor Thomas Robb writes this text. He wants to confirm his worries toward what is going on in the country, which, according to him, is at the edge of chaos.
In the text, I also find that Pastor Thomas Robb implicitly presents the other, which refers to non-white people, in negative ways. I find that Pastor Thomas Robb describes non-white people as a group of people who are wicked and hateful as they are thought to have the terrible hidden agenda to change the whole system of the entire world by first destroying the written laws of the United States of America, and then creating a new tyrannical world government. Moreover, non-white people are also thought to have an intention to destroy the elements of Christianity, which again leads them to the suggestion that they are atheists. I also find that it is the non-white people who are bad people because they are warlike and sinful. I also find that non-white people are also thought to be all atheists and that is just an obvious indication that confirms that they are bad people because in the eyes of the writer, Pastor Thomas Robb, who is a religious man, people without God are undoubtedly negative. In my opinion, this whole idea of how Pastor Thomas Robb presents the non-white people in negative ways is for the purpose of creating the perception in the reader’s mind that people other than white people are cruel and bad people. It seems that there is no goodness in them because everything about them is negative, and thus white people should distance themselves from them.
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37 Maranatha Christian University In the process of analyzing the text, I apply the linguistic tools of text analysis such as coherence and transitivity. In terms of coherence, I use reference, substitution, conjunction, and lexical cohesion. Specifically, in lexical cohesion, I use repetition, synonymy, and antonymy to analyze the text. In terms of transitivity, I use all the three sub-fields: processes, mood, and theme-rheme. In processes, I find the material processes, relational processes, and existential processes in the text. In mood, I find the text is filled with declarative clauses and imperative clauses. In theme-rheme, I manage to link the theme and the rheme of every clause, which leads me to two most important messages of the text, namely that there is a race war against the whites and that the whites will respond in a non-violent way. These tools are all very helpful in revealing the self-presentation as well as the other-presentation so that the idea of racist is clearly seen.
In the process of reading and analyzing the text, I find that mastery of English grammar, both the structures and the functions, holds a key role to digest what the text is all about. It is because the mastery of English grammar helps me to figure out the meaning and the function of the text. Figuring out the meaning and the function of the text can lead to the representation. Then, the representation of the self and the other, which is the main topic of my thesis, can be revealed.
Besides, I also find that the general knowledge about politics, history, and faith is important in order to analyze the text. In the knowledge of politics, I can figure out what the term new world order is. Through the knowledge of history and faith combined with politics, I can figure out how socialists link to communism, and eventually to atheism.
In my opinion, the topic of my thesis, which is about the issue of racism, can still be developed further by continuing the analysis to texts about other
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38 Maranatha Christian University groups such as Aryan Nations, the National Alliance, National Socialist Movement, and so on. Those groups have the same view as held by Pastor Thomas Robb and his Ku Klux Klan because they are also racist groups that project their hatred toward the non-white people. Thus, I do hope that my thesis can be of benefit to further study of text analysis, particularly to representation in the issue of racism.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
References:
Alvarado, Manuel, Robin Gutch & Tana Wollen. Learning the Media. London: Macmillan, 1987
Halliday, M. A. K. and Ruqaiya Hasan. Cohesion in English. London: Longman Group Limited London, 1976
Gerot, L. and Peter Wignell. Making Sense of Functional Grammar. Sydney: Antipodean Educational Enterprises, 1994
Marger, M. N. Race and Ethnic Relations: American and Global Perspectives. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1991.
Martin, J. R. and David Rose. Working with Discourse. London: Antenaeum Press, 2007
McCarthy, M. Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009
Rothenberg, P. S. Race, Class, and Gender in the United States. New York: Worth, 2007.
Electronic Publications:
Welcome to the Ku Klux Klan! Ed. Thomas Robb. 2009. 9 July 2009. <http://www.kkk.com/>
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5 Maranatha Christian University 1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of my study is:
1. to know how the self is represented in the text. 2. to know how the other is represented in the text.
3. to know what linguistic instruments are used to represent the self and the other.
1.4 METHOD OF RESEARCH
The method used is library research. I begin the research for this thesis by finding and reading some books that are relevant to the topic discussed. I also search for some further explanation about the concept of text analysis on the Internet. After that, I browse and collect the data from the Internet. I mainly focus on finding the data in Ku Klux Klan’s official website in order to avoid irrelevant and misleading information. Finally, I draw a conclusion of what has been discussed.
1.5 ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS
I divide the thesis into four chapters. The first chapter is Introduction, which consists of Background of the Study, Statement of the Problems, Purpose of the Study, Method of Research, and Organization of the Thesis. Chapter two contains the theoretical framework, in which I present some approaches that I use to analyze the data. Chapter Three is the analysis of the text. The last chapter, Chapter Four, is the conclusion of the analysis. At the end of the thesis, I put the bibliography and the appendix.
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CHAPTER FOUR
CONCLUSION
In this chapter I would like to give my personal opinions of the findings that I have got from my analysis in the previous chapter, which discusses the positive self-presentation and negative other-presentation in Pastor Thomas Robb’s text through the structure and diction.
I find that in the text, the presentation of the self, which refers to Pastor Thomas Robb and his Ku Klux Klan, is implicitly positive. In the implicit way, Pastor Thomas Robb argues that white people are far better than any other people. According to him white people are in fact the righteous one. It is for the reason that white people, which specifically refer to himself and his Ku Klux Klan, are the ones who are righteous in the religious way because they are thought to hold dearly the principles of Christianity, which are law and order, love of family, and love of nation.
Besides, he wants to put the stress on the fact that it is the white people who are on the right track since they are the ones who are in favor of non-violent resolution. Besides, Pastor Thomas Robb also implies that he and his Ku Klux Klan are positive people as he tells his people to keep being faithful.
In my opinion, the whole idea of how Pastor Thomas Robb presents himself and his Ku Klux Klan in the positive ways is solely for the purpose of
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36 Maranatha Christian University imposing perception in the reader’s mind that he and his Ku Klux Klan are righteous. They, as white people, the chosen race, should be superior to all the other races. Thus, when related to the background of the text, the fact that the position of the most powerful man in the United States of America falls to an African-American, a non-white man, such as Barack Obama, really bothers him. That is why Pastor Thomas Robb writes this text. He wants to confirm his worries toward what is going on in the country, which, according to him, is at the edge of chaos.
In the text, I also find that Pastor Thomas Robb implicitly presents the other, which refers to non-white people, in negative ways. I find that Pastor Thomas Robb describes non-white people as a group of people who are wicked and hateful as they are thought to have the terrible hidden agenda to change the whole system of the entire world by first destroying the written laws of the United States of America, and then creating a new tyrannical world government. Moreover, non-white people are also thought to have an intention to destroy the elements of Christianity, which again leads them to the suggestion that they are atheists. I also find that it is the non-white people who are bad people because they are warlike and sinful. I also find that non-white people are also thought to be all atheists and that is just an obvious indication that confirms that they are bad people because in the eyes of the writer, Pastor Thomas Robb, who is a religious man, people without God are undoubtedly negative. In my opinion, this whole idea of how Pastor Thomas Robb presents the non-white people in negative ways is for the purpose of creating the perception in the reader’s mind that people other than white people are cruel and bad people. It seems that there is no goodness in them because everything about them is negative, and thus white people should distance themselves from them.
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37 Maranatha Christian University In the process of analyzing the text, I apply the linguistic tools of text analysis such as coherence and transitivity. In terms of coherence, I use reference, substitution, conjunction, and lexical cohesion. Specifically, in lexical cohesion, I use repetition, synonymy, and antonymy to analyze the text. In terms of transitivity, I use all the three sub-fields: processes, mood, and theme-rheme. In processes, I find the material processes, relational processes, and existential processes in the text. In mood, I find the text is filled with declarative clauses and imperative clauses. In theme-rheme, I manage to link the theme and the rheme of every clause, which leads me to two most important messages of the text, namely that there is a race war against the whites and that the whites will respond in a non-violent way. These tools are all very helpful in revealing the self-presentation as well as the other-presentation so that the idea of racist is clearly seen.
In the process of reading and analyzing the text, I find that mastery of English grammar, both the structures and the functions, holds a key role to digest what the text is all about. It is because the mastery of English grammar helps me to figure out the meaning and the function of the text. Figuring out the meaning and the function of the text can lead to the representation. Then, the representation of the self and the other, which is the main topic of my thesis, can be revealed.
Besides, I also find that the general knowledge about politics, history, and faith is important in order to analyze the text. In the knowledge of politics, I can figure out what the term new world order is. Through the knowledge of history and faith combined with politics, I can figure out how socialists link to communism, and eventually to atheism.
In my opinion, the topic of my thesis, which is about the issue of racism, can still be developed further by continuing the analysis to texts about other
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38 Maranatha Christian University groups such as Aryan Nations, the National Alliance, National Socialist Movement, and so on. Those groups have the same view as held by Pastor Thomas Robb and his Ku Klux Klan because they are also racist groups that project their hatred toward the non-white people. Thus, I do hope that my thesis can be of benefit to further study of text analysis, particularly to representation in the issue of racism.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
References:
Alvarado, Manuel, Robin Gutch & Tana Wollen. Learning the Media. London: Macmillan, 1987
Halliday, M. A. K. and Ruqaiya Hasan. Cohesion in English. London: Longman Group Limited London, 1976
Gerot, L. and Peter Wignell. Making Sense of Functional Grammar. Sydney: Antipodean Educational Enterprises, 1994
Marger, M. N. Race and Ethnic Relations: American and Global Perspectives. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1991.
Martin, J. R. and David Rose. Working with Discourse. London: Antenaeum Press, 2007
McCarthy, M. Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009
Rothenberg, P. S. Race, Class, and Gender in the United States. New York: Worth, 2007.
Electronic Publications:
Welcome to the Ku Klux Klan! Ed. Thomas Robb. 2009. 9 July 2009. <http://www.kkk.com/>