Race and ethnicity

Mona Abdel-Fadil, contributor to a new book, 'Muslims and Humour', compares Arabic and English approaches to reframing ISIS as laughable, exploring the power of comedic heroism.…Read more

Based on 'Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US' by Paul R. Ketchum and B. Mitchell Peck, this policy briefing covers key messages and policy recommendations, including a holistic approach to reforming policing departments and the need to abolish programs which target minority youth.…Read more

Launching their book ‘Social Work with the Black African Diaspora’, Paul Michael Garrett and Washington Marovatsanga call for more expansive and less Eurocentric ways of perceiving the social work task.…Read more

Rebecca Megson-Smith speaks to Karen Rowlingson, Chair of the Social Policy Association, about their collaboration with Policy Press to promote the discipline of social policy, and in turn tackle today’s most important social challenges and problems.…Read more

In this episode, Ivan Kalmar, author of 'White But Not Quite', explains illiberal democracy in Central Europe, the role ‘whiteness’ plays in illiberalism, and the dynamics of racism by and towards Central Europeans.…Read more

Ivan Kalmar, author of 'White But Not Quite', argues that dismissive attitudes towards Eastern Europeans are a form of racism and explores the close relation between racism towards Central Europeans and racism by Central Europeans: a people white but not quite.…Read more

In this episode, Nasar Meer talks about his new book 'The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice', looking at why we continue to see systemic injustice and how equal treatment isn't the same as treatment as an equal.…Read more

Commissioning Editor Rebecca Tomlinson outlines the benefits to authors of publishing Open Access with Bristol University Press.…Read more

Nasar Meer, author of The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice, argues that there is no likely end to the struggle for racial justice, only the promise this heralds and the desire to persevere.…Read more

Helen Kara shares her unease with the concept of International Women's Day. Promoting women’s rights is not something that should happen on one designated day. …Read more