We often talk about the need for migrants to ‘integrate’ into British society — but is this is a positive ideal, or coded language for racism and xenophobia? As Brexit, debates over British immigration policy, and a number of global refugee crises have swept public discussion over the last decade or so, the term ‘integration’ …
All too often, people from minoritised ethnic communities or who have non-English accents are told they’re not from this country instead of being left free to choose their own identity. There is a bizarre double standard of anyone who is not from a White British family being expected to ‘integrate’ into British society by adopting …
Racist responses to the use of a black family in Sainsbury’s 2020 Christmas advert demonstrates how, to some, BAME communities are still not ‘British’. In recent months, as discussions of structural racism have swept the globe, campaigners in the UK have made a point of bringing such debates into the local context. Discussions about racism …
