The racialisation of class and the racialisation of the nation: ethnic minority identity formation across the british south asian middle classes

Ethnic inequalities in age‐related patterns of multiple long‐term conditions in England: Analysis of primary care and nationally representative survey data

“…Yet, the role of structural racism as the fundamental cause of ethnic inequalities in health has often been overlooked in academic and political realms in favour of more proximal socioeconomic factors (Bécares et al., 2022). Historically, many people from minoritised ethnic groups have faced economic and social marginalisation due to racism and anti‐Muslim discrimination in immigration policies, the housing sector and the labour market (Saini, 2022). In turn, these experiences result in differential health and social outcomes.…”

The 2022 Conservative leadership campaign and post-racial gatekeeping

“…The second concerns the racialised construction of the 'British' people, a normative entity which the candidates construct -often vaguely -and place themselves in close proximity to. 34 The third is an unwavering personal commitment to, and the earnest reproduction of, 'traditional' Conservative values, namely individual responsibility, hard work, traditionalism and sovereignty. These are often framed 14 reductively, with an equivalence drawn between the candidates' own personal upward social mobility narratives and Conservative values which, as per the previous frame, are often constructed in relation to 'British' values.…”

“…'Nationhood' is central to Conservative identity and discourse − 'effective use of a patriotic discourse, which portrayed the Conservatives as a national rather than sectional party, popularised its vision of nationhood' 41 -and is one which relies on a racially bounded notion of Britishness. 42 Given the colonial foundations of notions of British cultural, and, by extension, racial superiority, we might construe the overemphasis on Britishness as mitigating any unfavourable assumptions made about the candidates on account of their ethno-racial 'otherness'. 43 Strategic as well as ideological appeals to the 'nation' are borne out in the evidence from the uS which has found that those who show high levels of patriotism disfavour ethnic minority over White leaders.…”