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Ethnic and Racial Studies
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The leading peer-reviewed journal for the analysis of race, #racism, ethnicity and #migration worldwide.

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#ERSBookReview 📘

In Bordering on Indifference Irene Vega delves into the intriguing world of US Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, many who are Mexican American themselves. @princetonupress.bsky.social

Check out review by Nicole Ostrand: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#MostRead 📈🔓

Using the case of the UK Conservative Party, @dbonansinga.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social & Charlotte Forrest @uclspp.bsky.social demonstrate the powerful influence populist ideas can exert on mainstream parties, even when their original proponents have little electoral success.
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#MostRead 📊 🔓

This 2025 top-read study presents robust evidence that workplace #diversity training effectively reduces #prejudice and promotes action.

Read this #OpenAccess paper by Susanne Ilanius Göransson and colleagues from @lund-university.bsky.social here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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What racial dynamics were mobilised during the election campaign and how are they unfolding under the Trump rule?

The introduction to the Special Issue: The 2024 U.S. presidential election & the politics of race by Enid Logan University of Minnesota was one of 2025's #MostRead ERS articles.
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Lamia Mellal offers a reflexive analysis of how a sound-based co-production workshop operated as a counter-space within a high school in Marseille, France. It traces how this process evolved, enabling racialized students to be heard, to engage in inquiry, and to co-produce anti-racist knowledge.
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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#Museums have a representation problem. Colonial narratives & institutional whiteness exclude young people from racialised backgrounds.

Sadia Habib @manchester.ac.uk asks: can #poetry be a tool for anti-racist change?

Yes. It’s about reclaiming space, rewriting narratives, and sharing power.
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#ERSNew #OpenAccess 🐣🔓

Drawing on a case study from Germany, Sarah Gerwens @lse-ei.bsky.social shows how anti-racism can become operationalised as (and consequently reduced to) “correct” learning and speaking, which motivates more equitable language use, but ultimately protects white innocence.
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#ERSNew #OpenAccess 🐣 🔓

School shootings aren't racially neutral. New research shows Black and non-Black shooters face different drivers, and Black victims face unique risks. A racial lens offers new insights into rampage violence—and why prevention must take race seriously.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#ERSSymposium 📕

In this contribution, John B. Diamond & Chinyere Odim argue that Brown’s work enters the discourse at a critical moment for how sociologists make sense of the past, present, and future.

Check it out here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#ERSBookReview 📘

'The book presents a reflective examination of settler activity and the indigenous resistance against it within the pervasive spaces of outdoor recreation, adventure sports, parks, and public-land tourism'. @ohiostatepress.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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"Rather than assuming that humanitarianism aims to alleviate human suffering through the pursuit of universal human rights, this book analyzes the paradox that humanity exists by virtue of a genocidal logic that excludes and may even eradicate anyone who endangers its survival".
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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"This book offers an insightful look at recent developments in Hong Kong outmigration and the evolving identity of Hong Kongers in a global context" @routledgebooks.bsky.social

Read this #ERSBookReview by Kim Kwok here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Lomax offers a profoundly affective and theoretically grounded reimagining of mothering as a site of both resistance and liberation.

Shauntey James reviews Freeing Black Girls @dukepress.bsky.social

Read this #ERSBookReview here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#ERSBookSymposium 📕

What is antiracism, how should it be done, and what are its aims?

Brett St Louis @ethnicityuk.bsky.social engages with John Solomos's #Antiracism, exploring the plurality of antiracisms and how to build alliances. @politybooks.bsky.social

Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#ERSBookReview 📕

Baquaqua’s story allows the authors to provide an incredibly rich and intricate account of religiosity among enslaved and freed people around the Atlantic. @uncpress.bsky.social

Read the review by @drhardesty.bsky.social here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
V. 48, i. 15 is now live!

The #SpecialIssue The 2024 Presidential Election & The Politics of Race tackles the crisis of the moment with cutting-edge analysis and is a crucial read for anyone looking to understand the role of race in American politics.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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"Brown's work is bridging historical and contemporary struggles, emphasizing that education remains a vital force for social justice".

Read commentary by Stefan Lund here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#ERSNew 🐣

Mehmetali Kasim argues that China’s #Xinjiang policies use birth suppression, child separation & cultural assimilation to dismantle #Uyghur continuity, echoing genocidal patterns.

Check out this study here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#ERSNew #OpenAccess 🐣 🔓

A walk in the park?

@rigbydavid.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social and colleagues illustrate the diverse and persistent ways that historical regimes of racial control shape even mundane behaviors in contemporary society.

Read this study here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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The conversation on mothers in prison is incomplete without addressing race.

Monica Thomas introduces the Black feminist concept of "motherwork" to British penology, shedding light on the unique experiences and resilience of Black mothers navigating the criminal justice system in England.
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The study advances understanding of how migrant-led organisations engage in everyday resistance through market mechanisms, contributing to debates on migrant enterprise, institutional navigation, and social change in hostile migration regimes. @cremeataston.bsky.social @city-redi.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#ERSBookReview 📘

"Racial inequality, segregation, conflict, and distrust seem ascendant. Yet Christian empirically focuses on, without retreat to rose-colored views, how social life is not pre-ordained".

Matthew W. Hughey reviews The global journey of racism @stanfordpress.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#ERSNew 🐣

Francesca Messineo examines transnational civic activism of Tunisian migrant organizations (MOs) in Italy, showing that depoliticization often functions as a strategy aimed at gaining legitimacy and navigating complex governance environments.

Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#ERSBookReview 📘

"This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race".

Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social

Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Taura Taylor considers Karida L Brown's contribution an act of public scholarship and a roadmap to navigate contemporary racialized educational retrenchment.

Part of the #ERSBookSymposium: Battle for the Black Mind
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM