Amelia Morris is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Law. She is the author of The Politics of Weight.
For the last week, Britain has witnessed a horrifying wave of racist violence targeting Muslims and organized by far-right activists. The violent fascist gangs are feeding off the legitimization of racist ideas by Britain’s mainstream parties and media.
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