Citation

Blake F. Ethn. Racial Stud. 2017; 40(14): 2615-2633.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01419870.2016.1237669

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article examines three instances of mass violence for what they tell us about the inadequacies of post-racial and colourblind discourses in the US and Europe. I apply an intersectional analysis of the manifestoes that Anders Behring Breivik, Elliot Rodger and Dylann Roof leave in the wake of their horrific acts. These manifestoes, in their appropriation of rights discourses and desire for a white racial order, expose the ambivalent commitments to persons of colour evident in the current retreat of many Western states from multiculturalist ideals in favour of post-racial integration. These states now advocate policies of integration over previous emphases on multiculturalism and diversity, a move that reflects the growing popular promotion of national identity and nativist culture. I argue that such incidents of mass violence should be understood in relation to the political, social and cultural contexts that perpetuate and often legitimate xenophobia and gendered racism.

Language: en

Keywords

colourblindness; feminicide; intersectionality; mass shooting; Multiculturalism; racial regime