A constituency of fearful white voters has become central to the right-wing political discourse, leading to the tolerance of ‘banal’ racism

Cammaerts, Bart ORCID: 0000-0002-9508-5128 (2014) A constituency of fearful white voters has become central to the right-wing political discourse, leading to the tolerance of ‘banal’ racism. British Politics and Policy at LSE (20 May 2014). Website.

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Last week Bart Cammaerts was asked by the North Belgian broadsheet newspaper De Standaard to write an opinion piece regarding the debate on race, language and political correctness in the UK (the piece was published in the printed edition of 13 May 2014). What follows is a slightly edited translation of what he wrote in which he condemns politicians, such as David Cameron and Boris Johnson, for condemning those that react against racism more than those who use racist language. He suggests this acceptance of ‘banal’ racism definitely has something to do with the growing success of UKIP.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2017 08:35
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 19:22
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/74375

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