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Multiculturalism, white fright, disaffected youth and the 'war on terror' – what’s really going on?

Thursday 11 May 2006

The new issue of Rising East www.risingeast.org, published today, probes the relationships between the terrorist threat, multicultural Britain, white fright and the mood of disaffection among young people.

Contributors include writer and broadcaster Kenan Malik, policy researcher Munira Mirza, Rachel Briggs of Demos and documentarist Peter Taylor.

Contents:

  • Multiculturalism and Counter-Terrorism: Rachel Briggs, John Ralston Saul and Peter Taylor
  • Setting The Stage: Kenan Malik asks why it did happen here
  • Shooting the Brazilian: Ashwani Sharma on white fright
  • Religiosity and the politics of identity: Munira Mirza identifies Islam in Britain
  • Tolerance with conditions: John E. Richardson on the renewal of racism in the British press
  • Race and the New Digital Consensus: Emmanuel Ohajah connects new technology with old stereotypes
  • How the ‘War on Terror’ helps terrorism: Jan Van Der Crabben homes in on ‘global terror’
  • Hijab in the Hood: Religion, Pop Culture and Public Policy: Andrew Calcutt suggests that Islam is the new rock’n’roll
  • Britishness, multiculturalism and globalisation: Bob Cannon wants more multiculturalism
  • In darkest Dagenham: Professor Phil Cohen on the rise of the BNP and the new Orientalism

Rising East Online is published quarterly as a free debating forum by the London East Research Institute at the University of East London (UEL).

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For details and pictures contact Patrick Wilson: 020 8223 2061 or 07951 797 975

Notes to Editors

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