In fact we have records of at least 65,000 immigrants in the late MEDIEVAL period. This means real numbers were significantly higher. In England more than 1% of the population was foreign born (never mind 2nd gen) with numbers as high as 1 in 10 in cities. There’s a database!

Core to reactionary politics is a cowardly project that aims to protect and restore privilege and hierarchies of oppression Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social reacpol.net/on-reactiona...

Considering the way Trump and co are acting and how those institutions meant to stand in their way are doing nothing to hold them to account, let alone stop them, it's hard to imagine Trump will accept electoral defeat either in 26 or 28...

1/2 Although this report suggests a jump in belief that you have to be born in Britain to be British, from 19-36% in 2 years, the 2024 NATCEN survey of actually gave the figure as 39%, so the change isn’t as dramatic. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Reform and the Tories must be outraged by the two tier health system. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

In 1887, British forces kidnapped & exiled the King of Opobo in today’s Nigeria. British Palm oil traders had persuaded the government that the tariffs he imposed restricted their profits. It was a milestone in the Scramble for Africa and indirect rule by Britain. alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...

The podcast of David Olusoga and I discussing Empire & the rewriting of history: howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...

✊🏽'The People We Are Writing For’ by Sophia Siddique, our Race & Class Deputy editor for Skin Deep's latest issue: skindeepmag.com/products/anthology/

To mark and commemorate Siva on his 102th birthday we want to share one of his sayings: "We all wear our passports on our faces"

I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too. "We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice." www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

'Police forces across the country have recorded an increase in hate crimes over the past year, with a significant rise in racially motivated offences in Scotland as well as religious hate crimes targeting Muslims in England and Wales.' 1/2

Fuck off, coloniser

Are you involved in (or planning) a judicial review claim? Join our ✏️ Online Judicial Review Academy – a complete guide to how to do judicial review. 9 to 12 Feb 2026 | Zoom | With @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social 🔗 Register: https://shorturl.pulse.ly/v3uh1lsfkl

Some reflections on the CJEU ruling on the Danish "Ghettolaw". (C-417/23) I criticise the Court's reluctance to classify a law allowing preferential ending of tenancies for those descending from "non-Western" migrants as related to ethnic and racial origin. www.courthousenews.com/denmarks-bid...

In our #BrokenLadders report with @fawcettsociety.bsky.social, we advocate for measures that the government and employers must implement to tackle ethnicity and gender pay gaps - from introducing mandatory, intersectional pay gap reporting to tackling racism in organisations 👇 owl.ly/l5VW50XvR3o

Citizenship is a right, not a privilege. Our new briefing with @reprievehq.bsky.social reveals a shocking racial disparity in citizenship stripping practices. 3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇

I'll be speaking today at the publiclawproject.bsky.social's Annual Conference ("Strengthening the Constitution" @hsfkramer.bsky.social ) on a wonderful panel on "Race & the UK Constitution". If there, please say hello! Thanks to Nicole Chen for the invite! @soasLAW @raceukconstitution.bsky.social

Two of the five Reform MPs elected last year back a policy on migration that is effectively more extreme than the former BNP position.

If you want to read more, keep an eye out for an article @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I are writing about this

It's crucial to counter claims that polarisation (much like populism) is always bad The middle ground between racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights, genocide and anti-genocide is complicit with racism, transphobia and genocide rather than the "reasonable" position

If, instead of taking the far right at their word, this kind of coverage was the norm, it would be clear to all that racism is always the motivation that women and children are the least of their (illegitimate) concerns See also transphobia www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

"For those arrested by one police force, this figure was as high as 68%. Previous offences include actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, stalking, breach of restraint and non-molestation orders, controlling coercive behaviour and criminal damage."

The mainstream right wing press is desperate for a race riot.

For all the talks about concerns over disinformation, the mainstream media have been a key agent in the mainstreaming of far right politics by: - covering them disproportionately - hyping moral panics - platforming their bad faith actors as legitimate bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

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Two things here. (i) This is a discrimination case waiting to happen: potential indirect relig discrim in accessing a service, with no clear-cut justification defence on the table. (ii) There's also a wider constitutional issue. MPs are supposed to represent & be accessible to their constituents. 1/

‘#Black migration and the legacies of #colonialism' New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Jamella Gow identitiesjournal.co...#Black#colonialism'#IdentitiesBlog,#Blackness #race #racialization @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Have you listened to the latest episode from The Identities Podcast? Episode 5: Broadcasting Race and Resistance With Karim Murji, Nick Beech, Aasiya Lodhi and Nasar Meer open.spotify.com/epi... @karimmurji.bsky.social @aasiyalodhi.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @stuarthallfdn.bsky.social

🚨🚨🚨CALL FOR PAPERS! The PSA's Race, Migration & Intersectionality Working group is hosting a symposium entitled, 'Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Blackness and Black Politics.' We invite abstracts of up to 200 words by Friday 25 April 2025. forms.gle/jpPLz7Tuytuu...

Minority communities will likely be disproportionately impacted by these cuts, with people of colour already experiencing greater difficulties accessing PIP. wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/is-the-cost-...

Happy to share my latest article: 'Populism, Backlash Morality and Immigrants' published by International Journal of Law in Context. It is available Open Access here: bit.ly/3OHnTuV

The new issue of Public Law features, amongst other things, a really interesting looking Race and Public Law section edited by @vidyakumar.bsky.social - looking forward to reading in full!

I organised a Themed Analysis Section in the April 2025 edn of Public Law journal on #Race & UK #PublicLaw, sponsored by @raceukconstitution.bsky.social w contributions from Shreya Atrey (Oxford), Tom Frost & Suhraiya Jivraj (Kent). Topics are 👇🏾 and also address British Imperialism & Colonialism.

The April 2025 issue of Public Law is now avail. on Westlaw feat. a themed analysis section - Race and Public Law - compiled by @vidyakumar.bsky.social. Papers are by Vidya, on "Race and the UK Constitution"; Shreya Atrey "A Common Law principle of racial equality?"; Tom Frost ...

Great seminar this evening at @tricondublin.bsky.social where Prof Shreya Atrey @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social shared her work on Anti-Racism and the Law, with comments by Prof Mark Bell, author of Racism & Equality in EU Law

Our new report with the @healthfoundation.bsky.social shows how structural racism operates across our labour market, housing systems and the lived environment, limiting a person’s opportunity to be healthy. Read it here 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/how-racism-affects-health

News 📢: Race and The UK Constitution Association (RUKCA) is pleased to announce a forthcoming edited collection of contributions (on the topic of "Race and UK Public Law") in the journal of #PublicLaw (April 2025). Stay tuned for more!

Police admit arrest of anti-monarchy heckler in Oxford was unlawful www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...