The ‘reactive transnationalism hypothesis’ posits a relationship between discrimination and transnational practice. The concept has generally been studied using quantitative methods, but a qualitative approach augments our understanding of two context‐specific dimensions: the nature of the discrimination involved, and the types of transnational behaviour that might be affected. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with Bangladesh‐origin Muslims in London, Luton and Birmingham, in the UK, we demonstrate how anti‐Asian and anti‐Muslim racism have been conflated with intensified anti‐migrant racism in the context of ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies and the EU referendum (Brexit), producing an amplification of racist discourses associated with purging the body politic of its non‐white bodies. The insecurity generated is altering some people's relationships to Bangladesh, incentivizing investment in land and property ‘back home'. While this represents an example of ‘reactive transnationalism', we argue that ‘protective transnationalism’ might be a more appropriate way of describing the processes at work.

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敌对的环境，英国脱欧和“反应性”或“保护性跨国主义”

“反应性跨国主义假说”在歧视与跨国实践之间建立了联系。通常使用定量方法研究该概念，但是定性方法可增强我们对两个特定于上下文的维度的理解：所涉及的歧视的性质和类型可能受到影响的跨国行为。通过对英国伦敦，卢顿和伯明翰的孟加拉籍穆斯林的深入采访，我们证明了在“敌对环境”的背景下，如何将反亚裔和反穆斯林种族主义与加剧的反移民种族主义相结合。移民政策和欧盟公投（Brexit），导致种族主义言论的泛滥，这些言论与清除非白人机构的政治行为有关。所产生的不安全感正在改变一些人与孟加拉国的关系，从而刺激了对“家园”土地和财产的投资。尽管这是“反应性跨国主义”的一个例子，但我们认为“保护性跨国主义”可能是描述工作过程的更合适的方式。