Ricochet: How Elite Discourse Politicizes Racial and Ethnic Identities

Ricochet: How Elite Discourse Politicizes Racial and Ethnic Identities

Political elites often discuss racial/ethnic outgroups in a critical light. I claim this discourse raises the salience of group identity while impugning it

EU legislation and policies to address racial and ethnic discrimination

Written by David de Groot. People from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds face discrimination and its consequences on a daily basis. However, the exact scale of the problem is hard to gauge, owing to a lack of data and general under‑reporting of racist incidents. Although the European Union (EU) has been introducing legislation to combat racial and xenophobic discrimination since 2000, the problem persists. The global Black Lives Matter prot…