As far-right riots look like they might be fizzling out across England and Northern Ireland, openDemocracy spoke with Black studies professor Kehinde Andrews about the UK’s longer history of racism and racist riots, Black anti-racist resistance, and what’s likely to happen next.
This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
openDemocracy: Let’s go back to basics – we’ve both seen all the videos and the news and what’s going on in England and Northern Ireland. Do you think the way in which it’s being analysed in the public conversation makes sense? We’ve seen these people being described as crazy thugs, or characterised as unheard and downtrodden. What frame would you use to analyse what’s going on?
