Bristol University students condemn ‘white supremacist’ posters
31 January 2020 | BBC NewsA student group has condemned the appearance of posters carrying the slogan “it's okay to be white”.
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Sharp rise in football racism as incidents go up by more than 50% in one year
30 January 2020 | GuardianMore than 150 football-related racist incidents were reported to police last season, Home Office figures show, a rise of more than 50% on the year before and more than double the number from three seasons ago.
Silicon Valley's cocaine problem shaped our racist tech
30 January 2020 | GuardianSilicon Valley in the 1980s was the hub of an international drug trafficking network that fueled technological innovation and criminalized black people.
Teachers less likely to take phones away from white, privileged children
30 January 2020 | The ConversationNew research with schools in the US and France shows that teachers perceive the benefits and harms of tech use for students differently depending on the student’s race, social class and disability status.
‘Ugly anti-migrant sentiment’ on rise in Ireland — Michael D Higgins
26 January 2020 | Irish TimesPresident Michael D Higgins has warned that “an ugly anti-migrant sentiment is attempting to rear its head in Ireland”. This “corrupted form of populism has not abated across Europe, and anti-Semitism has not been eliminated from the extreme rhetoric of those seeking to scapegoat the vulnerable”, he said.
A civil rights attorney says she was asked to give up her seat on an Amtrak train on the eve of MLK weekend
20 January 2020 | CNNAmtrak has apologized to a prominent African American civil rights attorney who said she was asked by a conductor to surrender her seat on a train just before the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
DWP benefits investigator denies being racist after calling Asian officer ‘PC Poppadom’
18 January 2020 | MirrorSenior fraud buster Natalie Green denied being a racist but lost her unfair dismissal claim against the Department for Work and Pensions.
‘This was racism’: Soweto Kinch tells of being refused entry to first-class on train
16 January 2020 | GuardianThe musician Soweto Kinch has spoken of how he was not allowed into a first-class train carriage, despite carrying the right ticket, as he discussed racism in Britain following the treatment of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
Minorities more likely to be jailed for drug dealing, study suggests
15 January 2020 | BBC NewsBlack and Asian men are more likely to be jailed for drug dealing offences in England and Wales than white men, a study of 14,000 people suggests.
Racial Discrimination Speeds Up Shortening Of Telomeres
14 January 2020 | ScienceBetaRacism may result in tolls related to premature biological ageing among African Americans, indicates a study led by Auburn University. African Americans who reported more racial discrimination over a 10-year period showed signs of faster aging at the cellular level during the same time frame.
‘People like you’ still uttered: BAME armed forces personnel on racism in services
7 January 2020 | GuardianServing soldiers from BAME backgrounds who spoke to the Guardian about their experience of the armed forces say the days of daily abuse and overt name-calling are gone, but instead it has been replaced with “subtle racism”.
Racism in UK military: only six people found guilty at court martial in past five years
7 January 2020 | GuardianJust over 17% of racially aggravated crimes investigated by military police over the past five years resulted in guilty verdicts at court martial, it has emerged, as the armed forces faces new pressure over claims it is failing black and Asian service personnel.
Exclusions for racism in primary schools in England up more than 40%
1 January 2020 | BBC News“The person was my friend and I didn't expect any of my friends to call me a name,” says nine-year-old Nai'm.
Stormzy: UK is ‘definitely racist’ and Johnson has made it worse
20 December 2019 | GuardianStormzy has said Britain is “definitely, 100%” racist and that this has worsened under Boris Johnson because his comments have emboldened people with racist views.
Why are Britain's ethnic minorities fearful after Johnson's win?
19 December 2019 | AljazeeraAs far right backs PM, BAME communities already worried about lack of will to tackle racism fear further discrimination.
Racism ‘prevalent’ in the armed forces, ombudsman warns
19 December 2019 | BBC News“Racism is prevalent” within the armed forces, the independent ombudsman overseeing complaints has warned.
Exposed: Brexit Party candidate James Edward Buckley is Far-Right Activist and Antisemite
11 December 2019 | Hope Not HateHope not hate can reveal that James Edward Buckley, the Brexit Party candidate for Blackley and Broughton, is a known far-right activist, as well as an antisemite with fascist sympathies.
Swastika was scrawled in area of police station accessible only to staff
25 November 2019 | GuardianA suspected far-right sympathiser is feared at large in the Metropolitan police, having got away with scrawling a swastika in a secure area of a police station, the Guardian has learned.
Windrush victim dies without compensation or apology
12 November 2019 | GuardianAnother prominent Windrush victim has died without receiving compensation or a personal apology from the government. Hubert Howard died on Tuesday, just three weeks after finally being granted British citizenship, 59 years after he arrived in London aged three.
‘Can I have a white doctor for the operation?’: Racist abuse against NHS staff almost triples, ITV News finds
31 October 2019 | ITV NewsITV News has done some research on racism in the NHS and the results are somewhat worrying. It found the number of recorded racist attacks against NHS staff increased from 589 in 2013 to 1448 last year — that's an increase of 145%.
British police spied on grieving black families for decades. Now we want the truth
25 October 2019 | GuardianAn inquiry into ‘spycops’ operations is still not asking the big questions. So we’re launching a campaign to do it ourselves.
You can’t be ‘impartial’ about racism — an open letter to the BBC on the Naga Munchetty ruling
27 September 2019 | GuardianThe BBC has upheld a complaint against its Breakfast presenter. As British broadcasters and journalists of colour, we demand it reconsiders.
Romelu Lukaku says ‘we’re going backwards’ in fight against racism
2 September 2019 | GuardianRomelu Lukaku believes football is “going backwards” in the fight against discrimination. The Belgium forward has called for stronger action from the game’s governing bodies and social media platforms after being subjected to monkey chants by Cagliari fans on Sunday.
Brexit Party figures ‘appeared on show which promoted Holocaust denial’
18 August 2019 | Jewish ChronicleAnti-extremist group reveals that two of the party's MEPs and a prospective parliamentary candidate featured on David Icke-affiliated show.
Misogyny and white supremacy: It's time to fight both sources of vicious violence
12 August 2019 | SalonHatred of women and hatred of the racial “other” are often closely linked. To defeat one, we must defeat both.
Britain's ethnic pay gap: workers of Bangladeshi heritage paid least
9 July 2019 | GuardianCampaigner says race still dictates how much you get paid in this country.
Indigenous workers receive $190m stolen wages settlement from Queensland government
9 July 2019 | GuardianA class action on behalf of an estimated 10,000 Indigenous workers in Queensland who had their wages stolen last century has been settled with the state government for $190m.
Why NHS boss dubbed his own patch ‘homophobic, racist, and awful’
8 July 2019 | East Anglian Daily TimesThe chief executive of Ipswich and Colchester hospitals has explained why he described north east Essex as one of the most “homophobic and racist” places in the country.
Army racism tribunal: Officer ‘referred to coloured people’
8 July 2019 | BBC NewsA British Army officer questioned if the n-word was racist and referred to “coloured people”, an employment tribunal has been told.
Biased and wrong? Facial recognition tech in the dock
8 July 2019 | BBC NewsPolice and security forces around the world are testing out automated facial recognition systems as a way of identifying criminals and terrorists. But how accurate is the technology and how easily could it and the artificial intelligence it is powered by become tools of oppression?
UK universities condemned for failure to tackle racism
5 July 2019 | GuardianSenior academics and politicians have condemned UK universities for failing to tackle endemic racism against students and staff after a Guardian investigation found widespread evidence of discrimination in the sector.
Ex-Para says Colchester barracks had Nazi flags
2 July 2019 | Daily GazetteA former paratrooper has told a tribunal of his “shock” at the racial abuse he and another black colleague endured while in the Army which allegedly included soldiers who decorated their barracks with Nazi flags and pictures of Adolf Hitler.
Pensioner racially abused black woman in south London and told her ‘when Brexit comes, you will be gone’
1 July 2019 | Evening StandardA pensioner has been sentenced for racially abusing a black woman in a south London bookmakers, calling her a “f****** n*****” and telling her “when Brexit comes, you will be gone.”
London children told to ‘go back to their own country’ in race hate crime spike
4 June 2019 | My LondonThe NSPCC submitted a Freedom of Information request to the Metropolitan Police to find that there were 858 race hate crimes against children in London reported to them last year.
Children whitening skin to avoid racial hate crime, charity finds
30 May 2019 | GuardianNSPCC says racial abuse and bullying of children in UK has risen by a fifth since 2015-16.
Paras say Colchester barracks racist abuse was covered up
28 May 2019 | Daily GazetteFormer paratroopers are attempting to sue the British Army over claims they suffered racial abuse which was covered up.
Suffolk youth football team quits at ‘racist abuse’
29 March 2019 | BBC NewsA youth football team walked off the pitch after one of their players was allegedly racially abused by a fan.
The Corps is investigating alleged blackface video involving Marines from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
17 February 2019 | Marine Corps TimesIn 2017, Military Times ran a poll that found nearly a quarter of service members witnessed issues involving white nationalism within the ranks.
Boy ‘scared’ after finding racist graffiti at Salford flats
17 February 2019 | BBC NewsA 10-year-old boy says he is “too scared” to walk to school after racist graffiti was daubed outside his home.
Antisemitism rising sharply across Europe, latest figures show
15 February 2019 | GuardianFrance reports 74% rise in offences against Jews and Germany records 60% surge in violent attacks.
White People Are Broken
22 August 2018 | MediumPeople of color don’t need white people to speak for them. They need us to hand them the mic.
In post-election Italy, violent racist attacks becoming routine
7 August 2018 | AljazeeraMinorities including a one-year-old Roma child shot following far-right gains, but discrimination often unacknowledged.
ITN reveals BAME staff typically get four-fifths pay of white colleagues
18 July 2018 | GuardianITN, the maker of news for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, has revealed that staff from a black, Asian or other minority ethnic background typically get paid a fifth less than their white colleagues.
Children of the Windrush Generation: The pioneering DJs who paved the way for UK dance music
29 May 2018 | DJ MagSome of the most important DJs in the development of the UK scene are children of the ‘Windrush Generation’. With the Windrush Scandal in the news lately, and the 70th anniversary of the Windrush ship arriving in the UK occurring this June, DJ Mag talks to some of the black and mixed-race foundation DJs about their parents, racism, culture, and being pioneers in our beloved scene...
Mother of Windrush citizen blames passport problems for his death
18 April 2018 | GuardianThe mother of a Windrush citizen who died suddenly last month after being classified as an illegal immigrant and sacked from his job believes the stress caused by his immigration problems was responsible for his death. Sentina Bristol says Theresa May should quit.
Students demand UK universities take urgent action against racism
2 April 2018 | GuardianStudents at the University of Exeter are calling for urgent changes after a spate of racist incidents, which they say are happening on campus and within student societies.
Barbara Judge resigns from Institute of Directors amid racism claims
9 March 2018 | GuardianBoardroom crisis deepens over allegations that lobby group failed to properly investigate claims against chair.
Islamophobic U.S. Megadonor Fuels German Far-Right Party With Viral Fake News
22 September 2017 | The InterceptThe rise of Alternative for Germany, the new far-right political party competing in the upcoming federal election, has unsettled the consensus-driven, moderate politics of postwar Germany with its rabid anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric, unabashed nationalism, and winking gestures embracing the country’s Nazi past.
‘What’s the word p*ki between friends?’
4 June 2017 | Media DiversifiedWhen I was seven, during a game of playground football in Claygate, a small town in Surrey, I fell over and bashed my knee; “p*ki, are you okay?” one of my teammates asked, his bony face peering down at me. He went to get a tissue so I could wipe the blood off my leg, the scar from that fall can still be seen today.
Police shoot their own race relations adviser in Bristol with a Taser electronic weapon
20 January 2017 | GuardianIPCC to investigate incident in which Judah Adunbi, 63, was mistaken for man wanted by police.
Universities do not challenge racism, says UK's first black studies professor
23 October 2016 | GuardianDr Kehinde Andrews says ‘universities produce racism’, as just 60 of all UK professors are black and teaching often focuses on ‘dead white men’.
Ethnic minorities face ‘entrenched’ racial inequality — watchdog
18 August 2016 | BBC NewsBlack and ethnic minority people in Britain still face “entrenched” race inequality in many areas, including education and health, a watchdog warns. A review by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which also looked at employment, housing, pay, and criminal justice, found an “alarming picture”.
Ethnic minorities face ‘entrenched’ racial inequality in Britain — report
18 August 2016 | PoliticsHomeThe Government must “redouble” its efforts to tackle the “entrenched” race inequality suffered by black and ethnic minority people in the UK, a new report released today warns.
‘If we did nothing we would be killed on the streets’ — Benjamin Zephaniah on fighting the far right
28 February 2016 | GuardianRacist violence was never far away for the poet and author when he was growing up. And even when the thugs put on suits, the threat of the far right never disappeared. In this exclusive extract, he explains how he learned to fight back.
Black workers ‘earning less than white colleagues’
1 February 2016 | BBC NewsBlack workers earn much less than similarly qualified white workers, at all levels of education, research suggests.
Asylum seekers made to wear coloured wristbands in Cardiff
24 January 2016 | GuardianRefugees say they were forced to wear bands at all times in accommodation provided by Home Office contractor.
Wake up, Britain. Should the empire really be a source of pride?
23 January 2016 | David OlusogaThe fact that so many people say yes reveals our collective amnesia about the manmade famines, slave trading and daily violence of our imperial past.
The Color of Surveillance
18 January 2016 | SlateWhat an infamous abuse of power teaches us about the modern spy era.
These are the racially charged e-mails that got 3 Ferguson police and court officials fired
3 April 2015 | Washington PostCity officials in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the full, unredacted content of racially charged and religiously insensitive e-mails sent by the city’s former court clerk as well as two former supervisors in the police department.
The depressing reality of white male supremacy in the UK has just been mapped out
24 November 2014 | IndependentUnbelievably, 320 of the UK's 650 constituencies have never elected a woman as their MP, while only 46 ethnic minority MPs have ever been elected at all.
Racism on the rise in Britain
27 May 2014 | GuardianExclusive: British Social Attitudes survey finds proportion of people in the UK who say they are racially prejudiced has risen since 2001.
Bill Maher, Liberals, Racism and Patriarchy
18 October 2013 | CounterPunchAs a secular humanist leftist, I was first drawn to Real Time with Bill Maher, several years ago, because of Bill Maher’s critiques of the religious right. The smug pundit is skilled in the art of carefully crafting a lofty persona—a persona a critical viewer will soon find to be an untenable façade.
Bill Maher, Worse than Glenn Beck
21 June 2013 | CounterPunchWatching Real Time with Bill Maher is a truly painful experience. In just a few tortuous minutes of the program, its hallmarks become clear: an endless barrage of jokes made unabashedly at the expense of the oppressed, justified as critiques of “political correctedness,” is punctuated by mind-numbing expressions of ignorance, thinly veiled behind an air of bombastic righteousness and shameless self-aggrandizement, all situated squarely within a setting of diehard Democrat cheerleading.
The shocking link between racism and schizophrenia
10 October 2011 | New InternationalistResearch suggests that both first and second-generation migrants are up to five times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia in the UK than white British people. On World Mental Health Day, Nick Harvey argues there is increasing evidence that racial discrimination within society is to blame.
So you think you're English?
5 November 2006 | TelegraphLord Tebbit, Carol Thatcher and other volunteers thought they were pure Anglo Saxon — until they were DNA-tested. Andrew Graham-Dixon watched their jaws drop on discovering racial origins from Africa, the Middle East, even Mongolia. We are all mongrels now, he says.
Churchill — the truth
30 September 2002 | GuardianBlack history month starts tomorrow, but what we really need is white history month to dispel all the myths.
Schizophrenia ‘linked to racism’
7 December 2001 | BBC NewsRacism and discrimination may be contributory factors in the development of schizophrenia, according to a controversial scientific study.
What really happened in Florida?
16 February 2001 | Newsnight, BBCWe want to know whether George W Bush won the election or did brother Jeb steal it for him? Our investigation suggest the answer lies in this shuttered building and in a very expensive contract between Governor Jeb's division of elections and a private company named DBT, which ‘accidentally’ wiped off the voter rolls thousands of Democratic voters.
