Multiculturalism’s highpoint was marked by proactive equality duties following Lawrence
Evidence
The late 1990s, with a new Labour government in power, was probably the highpoint of British multiculturalism. The public revulsion that had followed the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence by white racists in Eltham, South London, in 1993 culminated in the publication of a report by Sir William Macpherson that identified systematic failings in the police investigation amounting to what was famously described as “institutional racism.” The Blair government then made it mandatory for public institutions proactively to encourage equality rather than just passively to prevent direct discrimination. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 155
Categorization
- XREF: Frame for Naqvi’s Home Boy — the same integration-versus-multiculturalism pivot in the US post-9/11 context. — connects to: Multicultural coexistence requires simultaneously pursuing equality and the recognition of difference. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 155; Multicultural politics must think beyond liberal-communitarian binaries to combine difference with equality — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 374; A principled multiculturalism must address both inequality and misrecognition simultaneously — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 366 (+2 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Multicultural coexistence requires simultaneously pursuing equality and the recognition of difference. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 155; Multicultural politics must think beyond liberal-communitarian binaries to combine difference with equality — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 374; A principled multiculturalism must address both inequality and misrecognition simultaneously — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 366 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Early multiculturalism reified culture while ignoring structural inequality
#complicates(0.76) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 894 - Conservative opponents of multiculturalism declared equality already achieved to dismantle affirmative action.
#complicates(0.75) — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 94