The ordinary brilliance of black youths
Diane Abbott's awards ceremony takes a welcome stand against the stereotypically negative imagery pumped out elsewhere When it comes to imagery surrounding black youngsters, I'm used to t…
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Black History Month personal heroes
October is Black History Month. As part of our regular feature throughout this month we present a few prominent UK people and their personal black heroes.... …
Racism inquiry may ban BNP membership for teachers
Members of the British National party could be banned from the teaching profession after Ed Balls today ordered an inquiry into racism in schools. Maurice Smith, a former Ofsted chief ins…
MOD can no longer rely on national security argument to hold cases in private
Organisations such as the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Foreign Office will no longer be able to automatically rely on national security arguments to ensure that employment tribunal cases are heard…
Microsoft removes black face from advert
In the first picture, he is a smiling, grandfatherly black man, with salt and pepper hair and a smart grey suit. In the second, the suit remains, but the black man has become white, and a decade …
Council prints racist term in official document
A London council has described children of Pakistani origin who attend the borough's schools as "Pakis". The term appears in an official council document that provides a breakdown of the ethnic b…
The pursuit of riches at any cost...
Black teenagers are being corrupted by the ideology that sparked the recession: an emphasis on money, regardless of the price I was discussing life choices with a teenager in south London…
