Mr Halsey

1) How does Gilroy suggest racial identities are constructed? Gilroy suggests that race is caused by racism rather than differences in race itself. 2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? He says that racial identities are caused by historical conflicts that have brought different groups into opposition. 3) What is ethnic absolutism and why is Gilroy opposed to it? A line of thinking which sees humans are [part of different ethnic compartments with race as the basis of human differentiation. Gilroy is opposed to this as it counters his argument that racism causes race. 4) How does Gilroy view diasporic identity? He sees this as a product of movement, it is based on the routes  taken throughout history rather than the roots  of origin.   5) What did Gilroy suggest was the dominant representation of black Britons in the 1980s (when the Voice newspaper was first launched)? Black people were looked at as outsiders and not part of the British communi