Contesting the ‘model minority’
City, University of London
While racialized youth are often central in debates on citizenship, multiculturalism and belonging, those ascribed as ‘British Chinese’ are constructed […]
Ethnicity and Racism
Constructions of the ‘migration crisis’ in Europe
London Metropolitan University
Norman Ginsburg discusses the many different constructions put on the phenomenon of immigration in Europe. Contrasting welcoming perspectives with exclusionary […]
Islam moves West: religious change in the first and second generations
University College London
What happens to the religious identity, belief, and practice of Muslims who settle in Western countries? Do they, or their […]
The Educational Strategies of the Black Middle Classes
UCL Institute of Education
Carol Vincent, UCL Institute of Education, discusses the two-year period (June 2009-June 2011) research focusing on 62 parents of Black […]
Negotiations of minority ethnic middle-class identity
Kings College London
‘Between authenticity and pretension’: parents’, pupils’ and young professionals’ negotiations of minority ethnic middle-class identity.
Encounters with diversity: Children’s friendships and parental responses
UCL Institute of Education
Carol Vincent, UCL Institute of Education, discusses the project exploring the friendships of children and adults in ‘super-diverse’ (Vertovec, 2007) localities […]
De-Exoticizing Ghetto Poverty: On the Ethics of Representation in Urban Ethnography
Harvard University
To write an ethnography about poor urban people is to risk courting controversy. While all ethnographers face questions about how […]
Black Feminism and the Intersectionality of Race and Gender
Goldsmiths, University of London
Drawing on black feminist theory, this interview examines the professional experiences of postcolonial diasporic black and ethnicized female academics in […]
Globalisation and racism
London Metropolitan University
Norman has been Professor of Social Policy at London Met since 1996. Previously Norman had lecturing posts at the University […]
Headscarves and Burqas in Europe
Professor of Sociology, University of Montreal Professor Valérie Amiraux.
