Violence and violation are at the heart of racism: The 2017 debate of the Group for Debates in Anthropological Theory, Manchester

Abstract This article comprises the edited version of the 2017 meeting of the Group for Debates in Anthropological theory held at Manchester. The motion debated was: Violence and Violation are at the Heart of Racism. It is edited by Soumhya Venkatesan (Manchester). Pnina Werbner (Keele) and Christopher (Kit) Davis (SOAS) proposed the motion; Peter Wade (Manchester) and John Hartigan Jr. (Texas) opposed it