‘Unconscious bias training’ must end, concludes landmark racism report

Unconscious bias training should be scrapped for employees and replaced with more effective practices, urges a landmark review into racial inequality.  The Race Commission today recommends organisations and firms pull the plug on such sessions because they do not tackle disparities in the workplace. It said the ‘intense soul-searching’ of some employers in the wake … Read more

Landmark report urges UK to ‘look beyond race’ amid row

At a glance: What does the landmark review recommend? Social media: Firms ‘far too often’ fail to take ‘decisive action’ to tackle racist content. Failure to act should lead to ‘substantial penalties’ and ‘public naming and shaming’. Body cameras: There should be a ‘strong presumption’ that all police body-worn video cameras will be switched on … Read more

Protestor scales massive building crane to unfurl Black Lives Matter banner in east London

Protestor scales massive building crane to unfurl Black Lives Matter banner in east London ‘and plans to stay there for several days’ Police were called to Hallsville Road in Canning Town at around 7.30am today Officers remain at the scene after a man climbed a crane next to a building site The protester has unfurled … Read more

Britain’s race revolution: Landmark report says UK is ‘a model to the world’ on diversity

Britain is a model to the world of a successful multi-ethnic society, a major review concluded last night. It found no evidence the UK is institutionally racist – in a rejection of the common view among activists. The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, set up by Boris Johnson in the wake of the Black … Read more

University of Oxford considers scrapping sheet music for being ‘too colonial’

University of Oxford considers scrapping sheet music for being ‘too colonial’ after staff raise concerns about music curriculums’ ‘complicity in white supremacy’ after Black Lives Matter movement Professors set to reform music courses to move away from the classic repertoire  Staff argued curriculum focuses on ‘white European music from slave period’ It is thought that … Read more

Jordan Banjo says his children received death threats after Diversity’s BLM routine on BGT

Jordan Banjo has told how his children received death threats after Diversity’s Black Lives Matter–inspired routine on Britain’s Got Talent last year. The dancer, 28, said that he even had cement thrown over his car after the performance attracted more than 25,000 complaints to Ofcom. During their routine, the group illustrated the death of George Floyd, who lost his … Read more

National Trust boss insists she’s not ‘woke’ as she defends slavery report

Chartwell, Kent Chartwell’s land has history dating back to the 14th century and it is thought to have been built on as early as the 16th century, with Historic England noting that some of the Tudor brickwork is still visible on external walls.  Chartwell, now a Grade I listed building, became the family home of … Read more

Bernie Ecclestone says Black Lives Matter are USING Lewis Hamilton for money

Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says Black Lives Matter are USING Lewis Hamilton for money – and insists he would NOT allow drivers to take the knee and wear anti-racism T-shirts before races if he were still in charge Sir Lewis Hamilton has been leading Formula One’s fight for greater diversity He has been an … Read more

How the trial of former police officer charged with murder of George Floyd is already a TV circus

‘Fasten your seat belts, folks!’ exclaimed the excited television presenter. ‘Our teams will be live for every moment.’ If viewers had not known otherwise, they might have thought they were watching the build-up to a Super Bowl final.  But this was Court TV – and what was being shown was live coverage of the most … Read more

Statue of Henry Dundas will have a plaque detailing his role in delaying the abolition of slavery

Statue of politician Henry Dundas in Edinburgh will have a plaque added detailing his role in delaying the abolition of slavery after it was targeted during BLM protests Statue of Henry Dundas sits atop the Melville Monument in St Andrews Square  BLM activists left signs at the monument saying ‘Bring down Dundas’ in June  Scotland’s … Read more