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TY - JOUR
T1 - Brexit, British People of Colour in the EU-27 and everyday racism in Britain and Europe
AU - Benson, Michaela
AU - Lewis, Chantelle
PY - 2019/10/3
Y1 - 2019/10/3
N2 - This paper foregrounds an understanding of Brexit as unexceptional, as business as usual in Britain and Europe. It reports on original empirical research with British People of Colour who have settled elsewhere in Europe, to bring into view an original perspective to understandings of what Brexit means to Britons living in Europe, and to consider what these testimonies offer to emerging social science research on Brexit. As we argue, focussing on the testimonies of British People of Colour living in the EU-27 offers a unique lens into how Brexit is caught up in everyday racism, personal experiences of racialization and racial violence, and longer European histories of racialization and racism. Importantly, these experiences precede and succeed Brexit, taking place in both Britain and other European Union countries.
AB - This paper foregrounds an understanding of Brexit as unexceptional, as business as usual in Britain and Europe. It reports on original empirical research with British People of Colour who have settled elsewhere in Europe, to bring into view an original perspective to understandings of what Brexit means to Britons living in Europe, and to consider what these testimonies offer to emerging social science research on Brexit. As we argue, focussing on the testimonies of British People of Colour living in the EU-27 offers a unique lens into how Brexit is caught up in everyday racism, personal experiences of racialization and racial violence, and longer European histories of racialization and racism. Importantly, these experiences precede and succeed Brexit, taking place in both Britain and other European Union countries.
KW - Brexit
KW - citizens’ rights
KW - British People of Colour
KW - British migration
KW - racialization
KW - everyday racism
U2 - 10.1080/01419870.2019.1599134
DO - 10.1080/01419870.2019.1599134
M3 - Journal article
VL - 42
SP - 2211
EP - 2228
JO - Ethnic and Racial Studies
JF - Ethnic and Racial Studies
SN - 0141-9870
IS - 13
ER -