James Nazroo

Why it’s time to address workplace racism as a matter of health and safety

By Stephen Ashe and James Nazroo Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Social Care, Inclusive Growth Posted: April 19, 2018

Fifty years on from the UK’s first piece of legislation outlawing racial discrimination in employment, Stephen Ashe & James Nazroo look at what’s changed and whether racism in the workplace needs to be looked at in a different light. It has been shown repeatedly that reoccurring exposure to racism has serious negative long-term effects on […]

The myth of the golden generation? How inequalities continue into later life

By James Nazroo Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care, Inclusive Growth Posted: July 17, 2017

James Nazroo, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity at The University of Manchester, opens our mini-series of blogs examining The Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing’s (MICRA) new report ‘The Golden Generation? Professor Nazroo states that the ‘golden generation’ label applied to today’s older people is a myth. […]

Racism at work still persists; time for urgent action

By Stephen Ashe and James Nazroo Filed Under: Ethnicity Posted: November 14, 2016

It is almost 50 years since the Race Relations Act was amended to outlaw racial discrimination in employment. Drawing on their new report Stephen Ashe and James Nazroo argue that the evidence strongly demonstrates that there remains a need for employers and the Government to take urgent action against the entrenched nature of racism and […]

Misleading, irresponsible and dangerous; why Phillips and co should apologise for ‘What British Muslims Really Think’

By Bridget Byrne and James Nazroo Filed Under: Ethnicity Posted: April 18, 2016

Britain’s former equalities chief Trevor Phillips created a swathe of headlines last week by declaring the nation is “in danger of sacrificing a generation of young British people to values that are antithetical to the beliefs of most of us”. But, argue Bridget Byrne and James Nazroo, this sweeping statement is based on misrepresentation of […]

Ethnic inequalities in health – policy paralysis and the need to be ambitious

By James Nazroo Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Featured Posted: February 5, 2015

How and why does policy continue to fail to address inequalities in health? asks Professor James Nazroo. A recent report on inequalities in health, commissioned by the British Academy, brought together responses to the question, “What one policy could make a difference if implemented at a local level?” The context was, of course, local government, […]

Why do ethnic inequalities continue to matter?

By James Nazroo Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: September 25, 2014

Have we moved into a ‘post-race’ policy environment, in which politicians claim ethnic inequalities no longer matter? They remain important and significant, counters Prof James Nazroo. When was the last time you heard an MP, let alone a minister, talk about ethnicity in terms of inequality? In mainstream policy discussion we appear to have moved […]

Ethnic inequalities persist in the labour market

By James Nazroo Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: July 10, 2014

Despite government programmes to address high levels of unemployment in ethnic minority groups, inequalities persist, explains Professor James Nazroo. The impact of the economic crisis on members of ethnic minority groups has been strangely overlooked. Discussions of falls in unemployment rates and how these relate to part time and insecure – zero hours – employment, […]

The myth of the golden generation? How inequalities continue into later life

Racism at work still persists; time for urgent action

Misleading, irresponsible and dangerous; why Phillips and co should apologise for ‘What British Muslims Really Think’

Ethnic inequalities in health – policy paralysis and the need to be ambitious

Why do ethnic inequalities continue to matter?

Ethnic inequalities persist in the labour market

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