"It has been a second summer of riots in the UK targeting asylum seekers and immigration. And while there is something stomach-sinking about the mood and the rise in racist rhetoric, it is also worth remembering that we are in the middle of a global phenomenon, and that there is resistance. I spoke to the author and former Guardian columnist Gary Younge about why this moment feels different to those before it."
"I don't think these are anti-Black riots, Younge explains. I think they are primarily xenophobic and Islamophobic, but there is no way to hermetically seal these positions. And in Britain, race and immigration have always been linked. So much so that when the public opinion pollsters Gallup used to ask what were people concerned about, one of the options would just say race/immigration'. Concerns about incomers are rarely, if ever, ringfenced from race."
Second summer of riots in the UK has targeted asylum seekers and immigration, with xenophobic and Islamophobic impulses bleeding into wider racism. Rightwing parties and agitators amplify anti-immigrant sentiment and spread inflammatory social media content that results in harassment, false accusations and job suspensions. Public discourse in Britain commonly conflates immigration, race and religion, making concerns about incomers inseparable from racial tensions. Brexit exemplified migration debates turning into racial hostility. Global parallels and active resistance coexist alongside the rise in online and street-level hate. Communities and organizations are resisting these trends.
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