Liquid Racism: Brexit, Education and Road Culture

We were very excited to welcome Dr Nathan Kerrigan (Birmingham City University), Dr Damian Breen (Birmingham City University) and Dr Yusef Bakkali (De Montfort University) to discuss their recently-published Liquid Racism:  Brexit, Education and Road Culture (Bristol University Press, 2025). This event was joint-hosted by the Bauman Institute and the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies. Professor Ipek Demir, outgoing director of CERS, was a discussant alongside Dr Jack Palmer.

From the blurb of Liquid Racism:

Bauman argues that our lives are ruled by ambivalence. In this ambiguous world, liquified social structures can create an anxiety towards the ‘other.’ This innovative book takes Bauman’s notions of ‘liquid modernity’ one step further to develop a theory of ‘liquid racism’. The authors show that while post-race theory argues that society is moving beyond racism, in reality, historical manifestations of racism continue. Except, society is now faced with a racism whose structures have changed. Examining Brexit, education and black youth culture as case studies to reveal the application of liquid racism, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the (un)changing nature of racism.