Citation

Perry B, Sutton M. Can. J. Criminol. Crim. Justice 2006; 48(6): 887-904.

Affiliation

University of Ontario, Institute of Technology, Nottingham-Trent University

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Canadian Criminal Justice Association, Publisher University of Toronto Press)

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Abstract

 The recent U.K. murder of Anthony Walker attests to the lingering antipathy, indeed hostility, toward intimate inter-racial relationships, especially those involving black men and white women. Seventeen-year-old Walker was brutally beaten, then fatally assaulted with an axe to his head – the "provocation" for the attack being this young black man's relationship with his white girlfriend. This article assesses the historical and contemporary images and mythologies that continue to stigmatize inter-racial relationships. Specifically, we look at the representations disseminated through various popular media forms. The article suggests that these mediated constructs condition an environment that facilitates, if not encourages, violence against those in inter-racial relationships.