Alana Lentin is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Sussex. She is the author of Racism and Anti-racism in Europe (Pluto Press / University of Michigan Press, 2004) and (co-edited with Ronit Lentin) Race and State (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006). Her website is here

Recent articles

The experience of a Bollywood actress subjected to racism on a British "reality TV" show reveals more about the country that its government would like to acknowledge, says Alana Lentin.

The rage of young French rioters is at heart the problem of France itself, says Alana Lentin.

The multiculturalist model that elevates difference to a social principle is under attack. People committed to creating a world of justice and equal rights should not waste time defending it, says Alana Lentin.