Tag: racism
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PREVENT: Discriminating Against Muslims?
PREVENT discriminates against Muslims
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Is the Environmental Crisis Built on Systemic Racism..?
You’re more likely to live next to a waste incinerator in the UK if you’re black compared to if you’re white, and thus more likely to be breathing in toxic fumes. The same trend is also true globally: ‘people of colour’ living in the global south are more likely to suffer environmental harms associated with…
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Decades of Racist Immigration Policy
A recent report produced by the Home Office (by an unnamed historian) has found that the Windrush Scandal was caused by decades of racist immigration policies. In case you don’t remember it, the Windrush Scandal first came to public attention in 2018 when it came to light that 83 ethnic minority immigrants to the UK…
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Should Teaching Black, Asian and Minority History be Mandatory in British Schools?
The Footballer Troy Deeney recently commissioned a YouGov survey of 1000 teachers which found that around 75% of them think the government needs to do more to help them improve the diversity of history teaching, to include a wider range of experiences and views of ethnic minorities. Troy Deeney is one of many activists campaigning…
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Are the Police Racist?
This post is an update of some of the evidence that might suggest the police in England and Wales are Racist. This is a key topic within the sociology of Crime and Deviance. You can view a summary of the latest statistics on ethnicity and crime here. This 2018 Video from News Night is worth…
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Racial Harassment seems to be common in British Universities, but largely ignored by them.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission recently conducted an Inquiry into Racial Harassment in Universities. The findings from the inquiry are broken down into three reports, all published in October 2019. A survey of universities A survey of university students Qualitative findings. Survey of University Students This was a short online survey (7-8 minutes) which…
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Cecile Wright: Racism in Multi-Ethnic Primary Schools
This classic ethnographic study suggests that teacher stereotypes and labelling have a negative impact on Asian and Black Caribbean students in primary schools
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Are schools institutionally racist?
Some education polices such as prevent seem to be racist, and most ethnic minority students would agree!