The End of Tolerance

Is Britain becoming a more racist society? Arun Kundnani looks behind the media hysteria to show how multicultural Britain is under attack by government policies and vitriolic press campaigns that play upon fear and encourage racism. Exacerbated by the attacks of 9/11 and 7/7, Kundnani argues that a new form of racism is emerging that is based on a systematic failure to understand the causes of forced migration, global terrorism and social segregation. The result is a climate of hatred, especially against Muslims and asylum seekers, and the erosion of the human rights of those whose cultures and values are perceived as 'alien'. Communities are more divided than ever. Yet the government presses ahead with flawed immigration and 'integration' policies and anti-terrorist legislation that creates further resentment, alienation and criminalisation. Behind it all lies a refusal to grasp the ways in which the world has been changed by neoliberal globalisation. What can be done? This timely and precise analysis is a useful account of why racism is now thriving -- and what can be done to stop it. It will be of interest to anyone who is appalled by the current state of race relations in Britain and it should be required reading for all policy-makers.

ISBN 0745326455   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780745326450 (What's this?)   Pages 240 Publisher Pluto Press   Volumes 1 Imprint Pluto Press   Weight (grammes) 290 Format Paperback   Published in London Publication date 01 Jun 2007   Height (mm) 180 Writer of foreword A. Sivanandan   Width (mm) 115 Library of Congress HM   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 305.800941   Academic level Undergraduate

Introduction; 1 Echoes of empire; 2 From dependency to displacement; 3 Seeds of segregation; 4 We are here because you are there; 5 Asylum and the welfare state; 6 The dialectics of terror; 7 The Halabja generation; 8 Integrationism: the politics of anti-Muslim racism; 9 Migration and the market-state; 10 Here to stay; 11 The new Leviathan; 12 Community: theirs and ours; Notes; Index.

Before you can solve a problem you have to understand it. Arun Kundnani not only understands the roots and ramifications of contemporary racism but explains it clearly, linking the local, the global, the political and the cultural. An incisive book at a decisive moment. -- Gary Younge The End of Tolerance is an illuminating analysis of the historic development of British racism, its empire and how this has evolved into the current conflicting and confused debates about the demonisation of immigrants, asylum-seekers, Muslims, the war on terror, segration, assimilation, multi-culturalism and Britishness. ... Essential resource. -- Herman Ouseley, former Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality Arun Kundnani expertly dismantles the racism informing much of current political discourse on asylum, immigration and multiculturalism. This book is a timely and important contribution to the struggle against racism that both new anti-racist activists and veterans alike will benefit from reading. -- Councillor Salma Yaqoob, Vice-Chair of Respect Kundnani guides us through the history and origins of the nebulous forms of today's 'new' racism, placing economic and political exploitation back at the heart of the issue. An invaluable book for confusing times. -- John Pandit, member of Asian Dub Foundation Cutting through the media-hyped public hysteria on issues around multiculturalism Kundnani has produced a highly accessible and valuable historical analysis of racism shaping contemporary policy-making. -- Ruhul Tarafder, 1990 Trust

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