{"id":2694,"date":"2012-05-16T22:44:51","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T22:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=2694"},"modified":"2012-05-16T22:44:51","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T22:44:51","slug":"the-august-riots-of-2011-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/the-august-riots-of-2011-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cAugust Riots\u201d of 2011 in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University Of Michigan 101<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018August riots\u2019 were portrayed by the media and politicians as the actions of \u2018greedy feral youth\u2019 within a \u2018criminal underclass\u2019. Several major political figures implicitly racialised the events by attributing the signifier of \u2018gang cultures\u2019 to their public analyses. Using hard research, film and the voices of participants, this lecture will provide of what (actually) happened, who was involved and how they did it. 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