In this op-ed, British writer Michaela Makusha explains why recent racist riots in the UK are nothing new in Britain.
There’s a popular image of Britain as a haven of multiculturalism and tolerance. This past weekend shattered that image for those who still believed in it. Riots broke out across the UK, planned and fueled by far-right groups, with reports from Liverpool of far-right rioters setting fire to a library and food bank, and the burning of a hotel housing migrants in Rotherham.
Groups like the National Front were emboldened by politicians such as Enoch Powell and Oswald Mosely, who were notorious for their racist and anti-immigration sentiment that was given a platform by the media with their inflammatory rhetoric, stirring up violence against Black and Asian people across the country.
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