8 Experiences of racism in social housing
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Teresa Buczkowska
Abstract
This chapter focuses on immigrants’ experience of racism and racially motivated anti-social behaviour in social housing in the Republic of Ireland. In recent years the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) has identified a notable increase in the number of reports of individuals and families experiencing racial harassment in their homes or in the vicinity compared with previous years. Almost half (48 per cent) of the incidents reported in housing took place in social housing. The findings of the quantitative and qualitative analysis of data gathered from the ICI’s Racist Incidents Support and Referral Service during 2013 and 2014 are presented in order to paint a detailed picture of the victims’ experiences of racism in social housing in Ireland. The second part of the chapter presents the findings of a case study analysing the policy and practice of one local authority where there has been a response to complaints of racism and an absence of data collection. The chapter demonstrates that the exclusion immigrants suffer is twofold: the immediate impact of harassment, and the insufficient institutional responses to it.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on immigrants’ experience of racism and racially motivated anti-social behaviour in social housing in the Republic of Ireland. In recent years the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) has identified a notable increase in the number of reports of individuals and families experiencing racial harassment in their homes or in the vicinity compared with previous years. Almost half (48 per cent) of the incidents reported in housing took place in social housing. The findings of the quantitative and qualitative analysis of data gathered from the ICI’s Racist Incidents Support and Referral Service during 2013 and 2014 are presented in order to paint a detailed picture of the victims’ experiences of racism in social housing in Ireland. The second part of the chapter presents the findings of a case study analysing the policy and practice of one local authority where there has been a response to complaints of racism and an absence of data collection. The chapter demonstrates that the exclusion immigrants suffer is twofold: the immediate impact of harassment, and the insufficient institutional responses to it.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Traveller health inequalities as legacies of exclusion 22
- 2 Sectarian legacies and the marginalisation of migrants 33
- 3 Institutional responses to racism in both Irelands 47
- 4 African asylum seekers and refugees in both Irelands 58
- 5 African non-employment and labour market disadvantage 72
- 6 The lives of Filipino-Irish care workers 89
- 7 Polish spaces in a divided city 100
- 8 Experiences of racism in social housing 113
- 9 Roma rights and racism 126
- 10 Normalising racism in the Irish media 140
- 11 Children and young people on the margins 160
- 12 Immigrant-origin children and the education system 173
- 13 Young Muslims as insiders and outsiders 186
- 14 Brexit, borders and belonging 200
- 15 Hyphenated citizens as outsiders 213
- Conclusion 229
- Select bibliography 243
- Index 250
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Traveller health inequalities as legacies of exclusion 22
- 2 Sectarian legacies and the marginalisation of migrants 33
- 3 Institutional responses to racism in both Irelands 47
- 4 African asylum seekers and refugees in both Irelands 58
- 5 African non-employment and labour market disadvantage 72
- 6 The lives of Filipino-Irish care workers 89
- 7 Polish spaces in a divided city 100
- 8 Experiences of racism in social housing 113
- 9 Roma rights and racism 126
- 10 Normalising racism in the Irish media 140
- 11 Children and young people on the margins 160
- 12 Immigrant-origin children and the education system 173
- 13 Young Muslims as insiders and outsiders 186
- 14 Brexit, borders and belonging 200
- 15 Hyphenated citizens as outsiders 213
- Conclusion 229
- Select bibliography 243
- Index 250
