Black Lives Matter
Total 42 Posts
An organized movement advocating for non-violent civil disobedience in protest against incidents of police brutality against Black people in the United States and around the world.
How racist is Britain today? What the evidence tells us.
5 min read
Survey data shows British people continue to hold racist views and that minorities continue to face discrimination when applying for jobs.
How to determine which statues remain and which statues go.
8 min read
Whatever is done it must be done non-violently, democratically and culturally inclusively, Isaac Newton Farris Jr. writes.
Police in schools: Black Lives Matter protests raise urgent concerns.
5 min read
What place do police officers have in UK schools? If Boris Johnson’s plans for a commission to look at inequality are anything more than a performance, the removal of police from schools should be high on the agenda.
Epidemics have often led to discrimination against minorities – This time is no different.
6 min read
Waves of disease are often accompanied by waves of hate.
The Week in Tory.
7 min read
The ignorance and incompetence of this government will make you believe that they live on another planet...
Edward Colston statue toppled: How Bristol came to see the slave trader as a hero and philanthropist.
5 min read
The statue was part of a push in the Victorian era to create mercantile heroes. Colston’s slaving activities were conveniently glossed over.
Public sculpture expert: Why I welcome the decision to throw Bristol’s Edward Colston statue in the river.
5 min read
After years of inaction by authorities, protesters have forced the point – opening a new chapter in this monument’s history.