Racism

Black and minority households ‘forced to cut their hair and hide their accents’ to get social housing
Racism

Black and minority households ‘forced to cut their hair and hide their accents’ to get social housing

Black families that are accepted by local authorities as being homeless are less than half as likely to get social housing than white counterparts, finds Heriot Watt University study into systemic racism and failures

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason: ‘Britishness should be something that we all have a part in’
Music

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason: ‘Britishness should be something that we all have a part in’

The Kanneh-Mason family are an extraordinary musical success story, but racism has plagued them every step of the way

George Floyd, five years later: Has anything really changed?
Black Lives Matter

George Floyd, five years later: Has anything really changed?

As a new documentary, Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd, looks back at a moment of global activism, we ask, where we are now?

The far-right’s resurgence was only a matter of time after Black Lives Matter
Dr Aaron Winter

The far-right’s resurgence was only a matter of time after Black Lives Matter

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Working class

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

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I’m a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children’s mental health
Sanah Ahsan

I’m a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children’s mental health

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Five years since the pandemic

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?

If we want Britain to be healthier we must address structural racism
Stephen Walcott

If we want Britain to be healthier we must address structural racism

Sam Kerr’s arrest highlights the white supremacy, racism and misogyny of British policing 
Amanda Porter

Sam Kerr’s arrest highlights the white supremacy, racism and misogyny of British policing 

Is UK’s housing system racist? Calls for inquiry as study reveals ethnic minorities pay more for less
Racism

Is UK’s housing system racist? Calls for inquiry as study reveals ethnic minorities pay more for less

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: ‘I’d have been treated differently if I was white’
Homelessness

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: ‘I’d have been treated differently if I was white’

Elon Musk fanned the UK riots. Now he’s trying to reshape British politics
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Elon Musk fanned the UK riots. Now he’s trying to reshape British politics

The root causes of the UK’s racist riots remain. The government must be brave and destroy them
Tim Naor Hilton

The root causes of the UK’s racist riots remain. The government must be brave and destroy them

Ground by Jadelin Gangbo review – hope for healing amid the wreckage
Books

Ground by Jadelin Gangbo review – hope for healing amid the wreckage

John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler: ‘When are Black people not in dire straits?’
Film

John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler: ‘When are Black people not in dire straits?’

‘Turning trauma into triumph’: This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system
Ric Flo and Judith Denton

‘Turning trauma into triumph’: This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system

Slavery reparations: A rose-tinted view of empire stops us seeing what we really owe the Caribbean
Eleanor Shearer

Slavery reparations: A rose-tinted view of empire stops us seeing what we really owe the Caribbean

To take on racism in the street, we first need to confront it in the state
Dan Davison and Sacha Marten

To take on racism in the street, we first need to confront it in the state

Grenfell survivors faced racism and discrimination in wake of fire, final report confirms
Grenfell Tower

Grenfell survivors faced racism and discrimination in wake of fire, final report confirms

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here’s how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots
UK riots

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here’s how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots

Enough with ‘legitimate concerns’. There’s a much better way to talk about immigration
Sunder Katwala

Enough with ‘legitimate concerns’. There’s a much better way to talk about immigration

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Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
UK riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that’s the definition of racism
Homelessness

Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that’s the definition of racism

People of colour bear the brunt of hostile immigration policies – it’s a stain on our conscience
Alba Kapoor and Hannah Marwood

People of colour bear the brunt of hostile immigration policies – it’s a stain on our conscience

Top 5 books on Black British history, chosen by children’s author Atinuke
Books

Top 5 books on Black British history, chosen by children’s author Atinuke