1. Preface; 2. 1. Introduction; 3. 1.1. Aims of this study; 4. 1.2. Theoretical framework; 5. 1.3. Methods of research; 6. 1.4. Respondents; 7. 1.5. Minority groups; 8. 1.6. Prejudice in other types of discourse; 9. 1.7. Talk about minorities: An example; 10. 2. Ethnic Prejudice; 11. 2.1. Classical approaches; 12. 2.2. Current research; 13. 2.3. Toward an integrated framework for the study of ethnic prejudice; 14. 3. The Contexts of Prejudiced Discourse; 15. 3.1. Text and context; 16. 3.2. Production strategies for prejudiced talk; 17. 3.3. Social strategies and functions of prejudiced talk; 18. 4. Topics of Discourse; 19. 4.1. Dimensions of discourse analysis; 20. 4.2. Topics of discourse: A theoretical account; 21. 4.3. Building topics: An example; 22. 4.4. Topic sequences; 23. 4.5. Topic change; 24. 4.6. Contents; 25. 4.7. Prejudiced topics; 26. 4.8. An experimental test; 27. 4.9. Stereotypes about stereotypes: topoi; 28. 4.10. Some survey data about ethnic attitudes; 29. 4.11. Racist discourse: How do majorities talk to minorities?; 30. 5. Stories About Minorities; 31. 5.1. Stories, storytelling, and minorities; 32. 5.2. Narrative structures; 33. 5.3. Schemata of stories about minorities; 34. 5.4. Story topics; 35. 6. Argumentation; 36. 6.1. Conversational argumentation; 37. 6.2. Arguments about ethnic opinions; 38. 7. Semantic Strategies; 39. 7.1. The notion of 'strategy'; 40. 7.2. Semantic strategies in talk about ethnic minorities; 41. 7.3. Some cognitive implications; 42. 8. Style and Rhetoric; 43. 8.1. Strategies of adequate and effective formulation; 44. 8.2. Some stylistic properties of talk about minorities; 45. 8.3. The expression of prejudice; 46. 8.4. Rhetorical operations; 47. 9. Pragmatic and Conversational Strategies; 48. 9.1. Speech acts and the structures of opinion interviewing; 49. 9.2. Dialogical structures and strategies; 50. 10. Conclusions; 51. References