22 April marks the third official Stephen Lawrence Day. Lawrence was an 18-year-old Black man who was murdered by a group of racist thugs in Eltham in 1993. 28 years ago he was stabbed and […]
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UN human rights experts say UK racism report ‘rationalises white supremacy’
On 19 April, the UN’s Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent called the UK government’s recent racism report – the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities – a “reprehensible” and “deliberate attempt […]
36 union leaders jointly condemn UK government’s racism report
On 18 April, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) published an open letter. 36 union leaders sent this to Boris Johnson. It served as a joint condemnation of the government’s recent racism report – the Commission […]
‘The racism report was as absurd as Trump’s disinfectant injections’
Two longstanding campaigners for racial justice and civil liberties in the North of England share their thoughts on the government’s recent racism report. You couldn’t make it up. Do you laugh, cry, scream or […]
Figures for Black youth unemployment contradict government denial of institutional racism
The most recent data on youth unemployment during the pandemic from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that Black youth unemployment has shot up disproportionately compared to white youths in the 16-24 age bracket. […]
Activists slam UK ‘race report’ whitewash and gaslighting
Campaign groups around the UK are building pressure to reject a recent government report that gaslights “people who experience racism”. Far from addressing the real issues of systemic and institutional racism, the report actually plays […]