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The Anti Imperialist">Blaming the victim: what the Diane Abbott controversy tells us about institutional racism The Anti Imperialist

Diane Abbott’s controversial words might have been clumsy but the reaction to them has been a lot more instructive than the tweets themselves. Attacks equating her comments with white racism are yet further indication, says Adam Elliott-Cooper, of how little we understand racism, and the power structures entwined with it.