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01 January 1991

BENEATH THE HEADLINES: RACISM AND REACTION IN CONTEMPORARY
BRITAIN
refdoc August=1991

JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 013628 , Acc Date = 13-Jan-89
P Jackson
Geography, Jun 1988 73 Pt 3(320) pp202-207

Racism and racial discrimination have a very long history in
Britain despite the popular notions of British tolerance and fair
play. Looks at how current racist ideas draw on those of the past
including the concept of black pathology which has recently been
used to characterise black people as helpless victims. However,
since the public disorder of the early 1980s older pathological
notions of endemic violence have re-emerged together with fears
of being swamped by immigrants or by black British people who
`breed like rabbits'. These notions are graphically illustrated
by reference to newspaper reports which reproduce fears and
prejudices expressed over the past 400 years in this country. 39
notes and references.

institutional racism, riot, ethnic minority

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