Campaigners say figures for last two years underestimate the true situation at barracks and hotelsThe Home Office has recorded 70 racist incidents by far-right supporters against asylum seekers in barracks and hotel accommodation, according to a freedo…
Sorry, Rihanna. I can’t celebrate another billionaire – even if they are Black | Akin Olla
The last thing we need right now is another billionaire, regardless of their skin colorRihanna just became the newest member of the Black billionaire class. She did it through her ambitious and game-changing makeup company, Fenty Beauty. Fenty rejects …
Gaza conflict led to record rise in UK antisemitic attacks, charity says
Community Security Trust recorded 639 incidents in May, 49% of the total for the first half of 2021A charity that monitors antisemitism and provides security for British Jewish groups has said the Gaza conflict that broke out in May resulted in its hig…
The last humanist: how Paul Gilroy became the most vital guide to our age of crisis
One of Britain’s most influential scholars has spent a lifetime trying to convince people to take race and racism seriously. Are we finally ready to listen?In 2000, the race equality thinktank the Runnymede Trust published a report about the “future of…
Discrimination based on your name alone is a stubborn reality in Britain today | Nasar Meer
Until society confronts institutional and cultural racism, such inequalities will be immune to changes in the lawWhat’s in a name? A great deal it would seem, including perhaps a diminished chance of being shortlisted for a job, offered a university pl…
A decade after Mark Duggan’s killing, police-community relations are at boiling point | Stafford Scott
Lessons have not been learned. I saw what sparked the Tottenham riots, and the same could happen againI can still recall the phone call on 4 August 2011, informing me that police officers had been involved in the shooting of an “armed gangster” who had…
Barnado’s blogpost on white privilege did not breach charity laws
Charities regulator says post deemed ‘ideological dogma’ by Tory MPs was in line with the Barnado’s missionBarnardo’s did not breach charity laws when it published a blogpost on its website discussing racial inequality and white privilege, inadvertentl…
Black barrister to lead independent police oversight board
Scrutiny board headed by Abimbola Johnson among initiatives that show police accept they need to changePolice chiefs hoping to pull themselves out of a race crisis have appointed a new tsar who has previously said black people fear calling on officers …
Scottish health secretary claims nursery discriminated against daughter
SNP’s Humza Yousaf alleges school refused to offer places to three children with Muslim namesOne of Scotland’s most senior Muslim politicians has lodged a complaint against a nursery over suspicions it discriminated against his two-year-old daughter.Hu…
RFL investigates Oledzki’s allegations of racist abuse by Warrington supporter
Leeds prop ‘shocked’ at abuse at game on Sunday eveningWarrington condemn abuse and will support investigationThe Rugby Football League will launch an investigation into allegations that the Leeds prop Mikolaj Oledzki was racially abused by a Warringto…