A Cambridge academic has been slammed for questioning whether the chairman of a race report has a doctorate, before saying: ‘Even Dr Goebbels had a research PhD.’ Dr Priyamvada Gopal, 53, asked whether she was right to think Dr Tony Sewell – who oversaw the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities – was ‘not in fact Dr’. … Read more
‘Institutional racism is overused, UK is a beacon on diversity and many ethnic minority pupils out-perform white children in the classroom’: Your guide to the race report’s key findings Report concluded not all disadvantages should be viewed as racism Issues include family influence, geography and socio-economic background Found no conclusive evidence that the UK as … Read more
A landmark report that celebrates Britain as a beacon for other white-majority countries in race relations was never going to satisfy those on the Left who insist we are a racist hellhole where privileged whites oppress ethnic minorities if not overtly, then through ‘unconscious bias’. Predictably, when the Commission On Race And Ethnic Disparities published … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Shares in debt collection group Arrow Global soar as TDR Capital hits bullseye with a £560m bid By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 31 March 2021 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 31 March 2021 Arrow Global shares shot up after its private equity suitor made an official takeover offer. The debt … Read more
When I was nine years old and queuing for lunch at school one day, a black boy in the year above me suddenly turned around and called me a ‘chocolate bar’. I looked at my beige-coloured skin in confusion. I thought ‘But I’m not as dark as chocolate – why would he say that?’ When … Read more
Labour’s ex-director of governance is among 21 people suing party for libel over leaked internal report into its handling of anti-Semitism allegations Emilie Oldknow took legal action against party in February to find source of leak 860-page report on Labour’s anti-Semitism complaints was leaked in April 2020 Ms Oldknow and 20 other unnamed individuals filed … Read more
Diane Abbott and London mayor Sadiq Khan lead left-wing fury at the authors of a report into racism in Britain today, accusing them of setting back the quest for racial justice. Ms Abbott, the former shadow home secretary and the UK’s first black woman MP, accused the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities of denying … Read more
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
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
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