Behind the Manchester riots: 'they are saying we have nothing'

vaunted regeneration

city has aggravated the gap between rich and poor, said Sivamohan Valluvar

Alicia Jones (22) knows both Salford and Manchester as well. For her it was the insignificant role of "race" which was the most striking feature of the riots in Manchester. Felt the character of the riots in London, herself of mixed race, had anticipated would be to take a racial tone Manchester. "Things started to Langworthy, a white area and one of the poorest in the northwest," he said. "I was hoping it was Moss-side, which would be the first. If c is Moss-side, then it was called a race riot. But because of the way things happened, it is best to call a kind of class disruption. "

Alicia also believes that it is a mistake to dismiss the facts as apolitical. "For me, the riots are obviously not valid in the destruction they have done, but what gives a true representation of the state of the poor youth say :...... We have nothing absolutely nothing "" If Manchester riots were a perverse spectacle of consumerism ('purchasing disturbances "), for the same reason, also revealed the absence of credible prospects for the life of many young people of the city .

Danny Lee is 23 and Longsight. Involved in criminal activities both in their own adolescence, laments that "the children here do not always think in reality, property and families of stroke and pensions." For them, there are no certainties. Instead, he says, the only thing left is the search for the excitement of consumption that provide momentary pleasure.

• This dissatisfaction is amplified when considered in light of the comments that has become synonymous with post-1990 in Manchester. The much talked about revival that makes fun of Danny and uneven, with a beneficial impact with little or no on the "harder" parts of the city. "Look at the docks," he said. "What it means to them [the poor Salford ]?"
• The boast that Manchester is now the 15th best city in the world to attract foreign investment is belied by the fact that it also hosts some of the poorest neighborhoods of the nation, where the unemployment rates exceed 50%. There are, of course, the poorest districts and private in other cities. However, in Manchester, the direction of the effect of disparity is reinforced by the "underclass" of being a witness to a regular urban landscape of gentrification, upward social mobility that seems increasingly remote.

with regeneration is a proliferation of consumer choices of Manchester. However, for the most excluded young people, which only reinforces their sense of inadequacy. After all, that consumers that many of them are something like the end first. "The riots are a kind of self-hatred," says Alicia. "What must now make sense?" Until we are able to expect more of your life, worthy long-term goals that many take for granted, these frustrations will only get worse. We conclude that is the most urgent situation of local and central government and is now expected to have a real interest.

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; Sivamohan Valluvar is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on issues of race, integration and citizenship among young members of minority communities

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