Retro racism
Riots reveal ‘retro racism’ resurgence
Reviewing and reflecting on the various debates in the media from political pundits and commentators there is now a growing trend over the last ten years which I would describe as ‘retro racism’: where Victorian-style moral panic debates are used to describe, in particular, the black communities’ life style, cultural reference points and historical relationships with wider society as mad, bad and dangerous.
By Patrick Vernon | Notebook | Friday, 9 September 2011 at 9:54 am
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