After two days of violence in the Northern Irish capital, vehicles reduced to ashes and homes blackened by fire can be seen on some streets of Belfast. Some families have lost their homes, at least 12 police officers were injured and 16 people have been arrested, according to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn, who described the events as "racist vandalism." We analyzed it with Gabriel Puricelli Yáñez, sociologist, coordinates the International Policy Program of the Public Policy Laboratory in Buenos Aires.