Articulating Otherness? White rural residents talk about Gypsy‐Travellers

Abstract

This paper combines insights from geographical research on the racialization of ethnic minority groups with more recent interest in whiteness in an exploration of the ways white rural residents racialize Gypsy‐Travellers. Focusing on the white rural residents of Appleby, Cumbria, and their racialization of and relations with Gypsy‐Travellers who attend the New Fair there each year, the paper contributes both to our understanding of the ways white people racialize ethnic minority groups, and in doing so also highlights the chaotic nature of whiteness as a social construction.

Twenty years on: lesbian, gay and bisexual police officers' experiences of workplace discrimination in England and Wales

“…Based on research that evidences discrimination varies by force characteristics (Fyfe 1991, Neal 2002, Holloway 2005, Yarwood and Mawby 2010, we postulated that perceived experience of discrimination across all types (training, deployment and promotion) would vary by force size. Our analysis suggests that size of force is a statistically influential factor in the prediction of discrimination in two of the three employment areas identified in the survey: training and deployment.…”

“…Mawby and Yarwood (2010) examine policing in rural constabularies and settings, identifying how community makeup and exposure to diversity can impact police environments, human resource demographics and the nature of police forces in such settings. In this regard, Neal (2002) and Holloway (2005) discuss social resistance to 'otherness' in rural settings and postulate how predominately White heterosexual communities can impact the human composition of forces and police priorities outside of the metropolis. Furthermore, Bland et al (1999) and Brown and Heidensohn (2000) show how the experiences of women and BME minorities in the police service are not homogeneous, and that subjective and intersubjective variations in minority identity characteristics are pivotal in shaping the variety of occupational outcomes.…”

“…Hypotheses H1: Based on aforementioned research that evidences discrimination varies by force characteristics (Fyfe 1991, Neal 2002, Holloway 2005, Yarwood and Mawby 2010), we postulate that perceived experience of LGB discrimination across three employment areas (training, deployment and promotion) will vary by force size 1 ; H2: We also postulate that perceived experience of discrimination will vary by the job characteristics of rank and uniformed/non-uniformed. This is based on research that suggests the experience of minorities working as police officers across ranks and divisions is not homogeneous (Burke 1994, Bland et al 1999, Brown and Heidensohn 2000;…”

Understanding the Stigmatization of Gypsies: Power and the Dialectics of (Dis)identification

“…Some geographers have drawn on notions of the 'Other', first put forward by Edward Said (1978), and have developed these arguments in application to the Gypsy and Traveller population (Holloway, 2005;Richardson, 2006a;2006b) downplayed. While such accounts are valuable and important in aiding our understanding of the stigmatisation process, there is a need to link these factors to the processes at play in the face-to-face and group relations between Gypsies and non-Gypsies.…”

Is Nomadism the ‘Problem? The Social Construction of Gypsies and Travellers as Perpetrators of ‘Anti-social’ Behaviour in Britain

“…Coverage of sites has created, arguably, the worst excesses of racism in Parliament and the British national print and broadcasting press (Turner, 2002;Halfacree, 2006;Holloway, 2005), with The Sun's 'Stamp on the Camps' campaign (2005) creating a furore both inside and outside Parliament. The campaign was prompted by a then draft Labour government circular which was depicted as evidence that the government (and John Prescott in particular, as Deputy Prime Minister) was 'going soft' on Gypsies and Travellers and giving them 'special treatment' to create 'eyesores' in the countryside (Barkham, 2005).…”