Violence and harassment
Recent News
Eric Kitson, a UKIP councillor for Worcestershire, is being investigated by party officials after posting a string of racist comments about Muslims on his Facebook account.
The G4S guard in charge of restraining Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan asylum seeker who died during a deportation flight, was made to read out in court a string of racist jokes he had shared with friends.
Eric Kitson, UKIP councillor from Worcestershire County, has announced his resignation after posting 'racist' content on Facebook.
David Norris, one of two men convicted for the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, has had his bid to overturn the conviction dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
Recent Publications
April 4, 2013
Race & Class, April 2013
The April 2013 issue of Race & Class contains a special section on Cuts, crime and racialisation, which examines how neoliberalism, at a time of austerity, changes the very nature of racism and criminal justice.
July 30, 2012
New geographies of racism: Peterborough
A report focusing on racial violence in Peterborough, where the city’s migrant workers have been demonised and vilified by the tabloids in recent years.
November 15, 2011
New geographies of racism: Stoke-on-Trent
A report focusing on racial violence in Stoke-on-Trent, which has been devastated by deindustrialisation, and where the proportion of the city’s Black and Minority Ethnic population has doubled in two decades.