‘The Return of Assimilationism: Race, Multiculturalism and New Labour’
Open Access
- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Research Online
- Vol. 7 (2) , 96-105
- https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.719
Abstract
This paper develops a critique of the politics of race and multiculturalism under New Labour. It argues that as a political formation New Labour is fraught with incommensurable impulses and commitment with regard to issues of multiculturalism, nationalism, racial justice and racism. While there have been palpable shifts and important new legislative initiatives, one of the consequences is that the project of assimilation has been reinvigorated under New Labour. This in turn leaves the normative whiteness that colonises British institutions and political life intact.Keywords
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