GoPetition: A call for more understanding and less moralising
On Tuesday, 9 August, scholar and anti-racist activist Paul Gilroy tweeted: ‘When did ritual condemnation become the entry ticket into official public discourse?’
In the aftermath of the London and UK riots, we are disturbed by a situation where seeking to understand the bigger picture becomes equated with condoning violence, looting and gang culture.
In a way that disturbingly echoes po…

