Tackling Militant Racism

Download or read book Tackling Militant Racism written by Peter Jepson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2003. Militant racism is concerned with antagonism and hostility associated with racist activity. Within a society it is expressed by material that may stir up racial hatred and/or discrimination. It can also be seen on the streets and, indeed, the alleged racist criminality orchestrated by militant gangs. After examining the possible causes of militant racism and its effects, this book considers the new laws designed to tackle racially-motivated crime found in the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act. A central theme of the book is the balance between freedom of expression and penalizing racially-offensive expression.