Abstract
Once the USA and much of Europe became gripped by so-called ‘war against terrorism’, newer variations of racism became evident as well as exacerbations of old ones. Anti-immigrant/anti-foreigner sentiments, Islamophobia and an increase in overt expression of traditional racism emerged. The chapter discusses issues of identity among Britain’s minority ethnic communities; critically examines the impact of the presidency of Barack Obama on race matters; and considers briefly the rise of the political right.
Racial inequalities in mental health services worsened in the early 2000s and extended to newly racialised groups; and the ethno-specific mental health services which were prominent in the UK of the 1980s virtually disappeared. The chapter describes, as examples of institutional racism, the conclusions of a piece of psychiatric research and an official report drawn up by clinical psychologists; and discusses the arrival of (racist) Islamophobia and the way professionals in psychiatry and psychology have been drawn into monitoring and controlling diasporic groups considered a threat to the state. In conclusion, the chapter offers a summary of the position today (mid-2017).
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Fernando, S. (2017). Racism Post-9/11. In: Institutional Racism in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology. Contemporary Black History. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62728-1_8
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