Racism in East Belfast: Outsiders and the Lingering Fear of Cultural Loss

Cursory thoughts about some of the rot affecting youth culture in working-class protestant areas of Belfast and the cinema of adoration through hate. Upon reflection there's probably more I could have put into - and further expanded upon - in this episode, but time was against me and I didn't want it to run on too long. My early episodes about Belfast look more at territorial spaces and the episode about Loyalist communities may also be of interest.    

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Bibliography

Taylor, S. Responding to Racist Incidents and Racist Crimes in Ireland: An Issue Paper for the Equality Authority, Dublin, Equality Authority, 2011

Ramsey, P. and Waterhouse-Bradley, B. Cultural Policy in Northern Ireland: making cultural policy for a divided society, in The Routledge Handbook of Global Cultural Policy, Abingdon: Routledge, 2018

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