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“Jia you (Add oil, let’s go!)”: A Speech’s Critical Discourse Analysis on the Use of Metaphors to Empower the Asian Community Against Hate Amid Covid-19

Ariana Castañeda Uzeta * ORCID: 0009-0001-1550-5218
University of Guanajuato, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, Guanajuato, MEXICO

Open Journal for Studies in Arts, 2024, 7(1), 21-32 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojsa.0701.03021c
Received: 21 August 2024 ▪ Revised: 7 October 2024 ▪ Accepted: 7 November 2024

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
Following Fairclough’s three-dimensional model, this paper presents a critical discourse analysis of the speech “We are GOLDEN” delivered at a Stop Asian Hate rally held in the U.S. in 2021.The analysis focuses on the use of adjectives and metaphors at the text, discursive practice and social practice levels, which demonstrate the speaker’s strong criticism and opposition to violence, systemic racism, hegemony, and the power of white supremacy that became evermore present amid COVID-19. The results unveil the use of cultural and historical intertextuality from a resilient perspective to empower the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to promote social change and stand against hate.

KEY WORDS: critical discourse analysis, metaphors, Asian-hate, COVID-19, USA.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Ariana Castañeda Uzeta, University of Guanajuato, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, Guanajuato, MEXICO.

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