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Why has Britain’s civil rights movement been forgotten?

Laurence Brown By Laurence Brown Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: October 23, 2014

As the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta approaches, Dr Laurence Brown argues that the significant struggles faced by ethnic minorities to achieve modern-day freedoms are being overlooked. Next year will mark eight hundred years from the signing of Magna Carta. The extensive public history projects underway to commemorate what is seen […]

Tagged With: civil rights, discrimination, ethnicity, magna carta, prejudice, race, racism

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Why do ethnic inequalities continue to matter?

James Nazroo 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 […]

Tagged With: census, CoDE, discrimination, diversity, employment, ethnic minority employment, ethnicity, national identity, race, racism

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The decline of racial prejudice in Britain

Rob Ford By Rob Ford Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: August 21, 2014

The recent release of the 2013 British Social Attitudes report has triggered the usual bout of agonised soul searching about the state of the nation, writes Dr Robert Ford. But dig into the data and it becomes clear that racial prejudice is on the decline. The British, it seems, are becoming meaner and more inward […]

Tagged With: BSA, inequality, prejudice, racial prejudice, racism, social attitudes

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Why the British National Party didn’t get more votes

Stephen Ashe By Stephen Ashe Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: July 24, 2014

A lot has been written about who votes for the extreme right-wing British National Party – but little about why more people don’t vote for it. Stephen Ashe examines what the lack of support for the BNP means for anti-racism and anti-fascism. Between 2001 and 2009, more than 50 BNP councillors were elected and the […]

Tagged With: anti-fascism, anti-racism, BNP, East London, elections, European elections, Fascism, Greater London Authority, Hope Not Hate, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Nick Griffin, racism, Unite Against Fascism

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Ethnic inequalities persist in the labour market

James Nazroo 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, […]

Tagged With: employment, ethnicity, inequality, racism, unemployment, work, zero hours

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Wales must confront uncomfortable truths about racism

Bethan Harries By Bethan Harries Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: June 26, 2014

Despite a long-established narrative of non-racism in Wales, the reality is that  racism persists and has real consequences, writes Dr Bethan Harries. This awkward truth must be acknowledged if the country is to make real progress in redressing racism and inequalities. In March this year an All Wales Race Conference was held in Cardiff – the first such […]

Tagged With: All Wales Race Conference, Plaid Cymru, race, racism, wales, Y Gwerin

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Racist attitudes – the barrier to ethnic minority employment?

Ken Clark By Ken Clark Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: June 18, 2014

Why do ethnic minorities still face discrimination in gaining employment?, asks Ken Clark. The issue of racial prejudice in British society has been in the news recently. Under the headline Racism on the rise in Britain, the Guardian reported on data from the British Social Attitudes Survey which showed that the proportion of respondents describing […]

Tagged With: employment, ethnic minority employment, labour market, racial discrimination, racial prejudice, racism

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