In both riots, gender and intersectional politics were both evident in the nature of the riots and in the discourse and language employed by rioters and the media. ... Birbalsingh in the national press took to task those who had sought to avoid such political discourse in the context of the London riots, arguing that they were indeed 'about race' and contending that it was strange that 'no one would say what colour Mark Duggan was. ...

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