Parmar, Alpa

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“Identification of those suspected to be ‘foreign’ was largely based on…appearance—namely skin color…and language/accent… It was common for a person’s darker skin colour to prompt questions about… nationality… despite…insistence that they were British citizens."

“Overall, it is clear that the ostensible aim of technologies to quell uneven practices such as racial profiling, can end up misaligning with those stated aims or being directly inimical to them; instead further racializing vulnerable groups under the cloak of impartiality."