The policy fixation with numbers and “control” may do little to quell qualms over immigration which (partly) reflect concerns over growing racial and ethnic diversity and will not necessarily be stemmed by greater controls on immigration

Meanwhile, white British Leave voters appeared to conflate immigrants with British ethnic minorities into an undifferentiated mass. Their discussions of immigration elicited e.g. criticism of BLM and minorities not making the effort to integrate

Reinforcing (some) immigrants as a threat to the nation and endorsing the need for strong borders
was used to claim their insider status and demonstrate their commitment to protecting the nation from the “wrong” type of immigrants

I find that ethnic minority Leave voters tended to be motivated by opposition to Eastern European immigration. They tended to valorise their own position as 'good immigrants' while denigrating Eastern Europeans as criminal, lazy and fraudulent welfare claimants

New article in @journalrep.bsky.social on British Ethnic Minority Brexit Voter Attitudes to Immigration

Congratulations Joe!

“Even as a survivor of terrorism, I – like many British Muslims – am constantly made to prove my distance from it.”

Four years on from the attacks on 9/11 - this was a time when, in the minds of many, Muslims were already associated with terrorism.

20 years on from surviving 7/7 - my experience as a British Muslim
@uk.theconversation.com

With thanks to my editor @averyanapol.bsky.social

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"While I was lucky to walk away physically unscathed, I carried a different kind of wound: being part of a community that was treated with collective blame."

@neemabegum.bsky.social on her experience as a 7/7 survivor in @uk.theconversation.com:

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"Twenty years ago, I was walking through central London with my history teacher when a bus exploded behind us." @neemabegum.bsky.social