Ep 1 - When Fear Picks a Face

There is a myth that youth violence has a face: Black and male.This shapes who gets stopped by police, who gets excluded from school, and who is automatically labelled as dangerous.In this episode, Richie Brave sits down with rapper KOJ and researcher and lecturer Dr Becky Clarke to understand how that image is conjured through history, policy and the media.By stripping violence of stereotypes, we stop asking “what’s wrong with young people?” and instead consider their lived reality.LinksThe Justice Project: Sites of Resistance, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityBecky Clarke and Patrick Williams, ‘Dangerous associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism’, London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, January 2016Episode credits‘Ami’s Story’ (voiced by an actor) from The Audio Content Fund’s series 'Equal Britain?'The statements made by guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of the Runnymede Trust.