Letter of the week: Racism, riots and reality
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Inside Diane Abbott’s war with Labour
The MP’s memoir A Woman Like Me reveals a remarkable life spent fighting prejudice – and her own party.
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How racist are British schools?
Kalwant Bhopal presents school as a terrible place to be an ethnic minority in her book Race and Education. The…
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The far right’s cynical rage
Labour is right to be worried about the threat of digitally stoked populism.
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Tory divisions over Rwanda reflect the wider anti-migrant mood across Europe
As far-right parties surge on the continent, Britain’s staunch multiculturalism is starting to look a little lonely.
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Benjamin Zephaniah: “My first racist attack was a brick in the back of the head”
The late poet on Noam Chomsky, Bob Marley, growing his own veg, and travelling into the future.
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Whether Ibram X Kendi wasted millions is not the point
The author’s misguided ideas matter more than the inquiry into his Center for Antiracist Research.
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The rise of the new tech right
How the cult of IQ became a toxic ideology in Silicon Valley and beyond.
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Corinne Bailey Rae’s radical return
The industry feared her new album, Black Rainbows, would alienate white audiences. She made it anyway.
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Kevin Fenton: “Racism is a major public health challenge”
The president of the Faculty of Public Health on the legacies of Covid-19, structural discrimination, and why well-being goes beyond…
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Britain’s race delusion
Tomiwa Owolade argues that American culture wars obscure black British identity – but are racial borders less fixed than he…
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Was Windrush a dream or a nightmare?
The story of black Britain cannot be reduced to a myth.
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The Covid Inquiry must find answers on racial disparities
While the focus is on WhatsApps and Tory infighting, we risk letting the government off the hook.
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Against race essentialism
Black identity is a reality, not an idea.
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The UK is less racist than the left – and the right – think
New polling shows that Britain is one of the countries most comfortable with ethnic diversity and immigration.
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Diane Abbott’s letter shows Jews still don’t count
Throughout history Jews have been subjected to racist discrimination. Why do supposed progressives still not grasp this truth?
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What Diane Abbott gets wrong about racism
The Labour MP’s response to my column showed a stunning lack of judgement and awareness.
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The scandal of black maternity deaths has to end
Black women in the UK are four times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth than white women.
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Why wealth trumps whiteness
It’s high time the money question took centre stage in the debate about racial equality.
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Abolishing the Met Police is the only option left
A force found to be institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic is at odds with London - and needs to be…
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