Articulating Otherness? White rural residents talk about Gypsy‐Travellers

This paper combines insights from geographical research on the racialization of ethnic minority groups with more recent interest in whiteness in an exploration of the ways white rural residents racialize Gypsy‐Travellers. Focusing on the white rural residents of Appleby, Cumbria, and their racialization of and relations with Gypsy‐Travellers who attend the New Fair there each year, the paper contributes both to our understanding of the ways white people racialize ethnic minority groups, and in doing so also highlights the chaotic nature of whiteness as a social construction.