Ali Rattansi is a prolific writer on race, postcolonialism, orientalism, and cultural imperialism. Currently Visiting Professor of Sociology at City University, London, he has spent much of his academic career studying the concept of racism. His publications include <i>Racism, Modernity and Identity: On the Western Front </i>co-edited with S. Westwood (1994); <i>'Race', Culture and Difference</i> with James Donald (1992); and <i>Racism and Anti-racism: Inequalities, Opportunities and Policies</i> with P. Braham and R. Skellington (1992).