Spór o obecność języka rasistowskiego w dyskursie publicznym. Sprawa oświadczenia posła Artura Górskiego
The Dispute Over the Presence of Racist Language in the Public Discourse. The Case of the Deputy’s Artur Górski Statement

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to describe controversies caused by the use of racist language in Polish public discourse. The author’s main hypothesis investigates the interrelations between publicizing race hate speech (and labeling its users as racists) and criticisms of political correctness. The empirical evidence is based on a detailed case study of an intense media debate on the controversial parliamentary statement made by the Sejm deputy Artur Górski (member of Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) on the 5th of October 2008. The research approach of discourse analysis was applied, including, inter alia, the methodology of conversation analysis. The paper presents an analysis of one instance of the aforementioned debate, i.e. the discussion in the TV talk show “Warto rozmawiać”. Furthermore, the paper directs attention to the conditions which might enable an alternative, more productive course of media debate over racist language in public discourse. In the final part of the article, the author briefly presents the conclusions from the analysis in the context of more general issues within the discussed field.

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