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Chapter 3 examines how, in subtle and more overt ways, discourses can play an important role in producing and reproducing racism. Analysis in this chapter focuses on another aspect of SFL methodology - the Interpersonal Metafunction - which concerns the attitudes, and stances of interactants on this issue. Topics include 3.1 Introduction: definitions of ‘racism’; 3.2 Mood: an overview; 3.3 The Race Relations Survey; 3.4 Modality: an overview; 3.5 The Pearl Harbor editorial