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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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1 results foundAuthor: Burnett, Jon Title: Racial Violence and the Brexit State Summary: The explosion of racist violence that followed the announcement of the EU referendum result on 24 June 2016 has been well-documented. Though the political direction of travel in the UK on issues of immigration, race, religion and refugee policy has largely been disconnected from that violence, the sheer level of racist abuse and attacks could not be ignored. Home Secretary Amber Rudd, launching a hate crime strategy a few days after the referendum, declared that hate crimes were 'utterly unacceptable' and must be 'stamped out'. Former Prime Minister David Cameron described the situation as 'despicable', while the new one, Theresa May, said that hate 'has no place in the UK'. For Metropolitan police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe, the 2,300 (plus) racist incidents reported to the police in the thirty-eight days after the referendum, was a 'horrible spike'. This briefing paper is an attempt to restore much needed context to the 'hate crime' debate. Too many people in power, including those who supported the October 2016 Hate Crime Awareness Week, condemn racism because they pass it off as the actions of an insecure, badly-educated and thuggish minority. Verbal and physical abuse is treated almost like an act of nature or some inexplicable force – the explosive reaction of inadequate individuals. But when laws, policies and procedures are related back to explain the baseline for hateful acts, our legislators are not so keen to listen. Details: London: Institute of Race Relations, 2016. 28p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 20, 2017 at: http://www.irr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Racial-violence-and-the-Brexit-state-final.pdf Year: 2016 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.irr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Racial-violence-and-the-Brexit-state-final.pdf Shelf Number: 146689 Keywords: Bias-Motivated CrimeBrexitHate CrimesRacist Violence |