This is indeed a very good piece. But read the responses--depressingly familiar rants against PG's discussion of whiteness, together with a recycling of myths about the insignifcance of right-wing terrorism; and of course digs against multiculturalism. -----Original Message----- From: Gurminder Bhambra <[log in to unmask]> To: BSA-RACE-FORUM <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 9:42 Subject: [BSA-RACE] Comment piece by Priya Gopal An excellent comment piece by Priya Gopal that I thought colleagues might like to see: "How privilege-blindness stops us understanding the roots of terrorism: From Cameron's 'Indian dance' remark to the discussion of Breivik's motives, the invisibility of whiteness distorts debate" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/14/privilege-blindness-roots-of-terrorism?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038 Best wishes, Gurminder ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- This Email list is maintained by the BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group. Visit the BSA website for further information about the group: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/RaceandEthnicitySG.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- *** Please DO NOT REPLY to this message - unless it is for circulation to ALL list subscribers *** To reply to the sender of this message, use ONLY their email address, NOT the main list address. To post a NEW message to this list, email: [log in to unmask] (requires subscription) To unsubscribe from this list, email [log in to unmask], leave the Subject line blank, and in the message body write: UNSUBSCRIBE BSA-RACE-ETHNICITY-ANNOUNCE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email list is maintained by the BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group. Visit the BSA website for further information about the group: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/RaceandEthnicitySG.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Please DO NOT REPLY to this message - unless it is for circulation to ALL list subscribers *** To reply to the sender of this message, use ONLY their email address, NOT the main list address. To post a NEW message to this list, email: [log in to unmask] (requires subscription) To unsubscribe from this list, email [log in to unmask], leave the Subject line blank, and in the message body write: UNSUBSCRIBE BSA-RACE-ETHNICITY-ANNOUNCE