Racist violence is predominantly committed by men, but what is the relation to masculinity, in what way is this violence a "situational accomplishment of masculinity" (Kersten)? The traditional explanation would see racist men as underprivileged "victims of modernization" who compensate economic depravation or a insecure gender identity through racial violence. Recent research on young male racists in Germany has problematized this view. Typically, violent racists would come from stable middle class families (Hoffmeister and Sill); privileged youth seem more likely to be racist than
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