Institutional Racism
Total 8 Posts
What is intolerance fatigue, and how is it fueling Black Lives Matter protests?
2 min read
In current demonstrations, there are echos of a civil rights era catchphrase: People are “sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
The racism faced by teenagers in the UK.
4 min read
Teenagers told us they experienced racism at school, on social media, and in their wider community.
Is stop and search contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in the UK?
5 min read
Black, Asian and ethnic minorities are up to ten times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people in the UK.
Why protesting racism during a pandemic is important – An epidemiologist explains.
4 min read
Going to a protest may increase your risk of COVID-19. But calling out the structural racism that takes black lives and affects health outcomes for people of colour is also vital.
COVID-19 is deadlier for black Brazilians, a legacy of structural racism that dates back to slavery.
5 min read
In Brazil, black COVID-19 patients are dying at higher rates than white patients. Worse housing quality, working conditions and health care help to explain the pandemic’s racially disparate toll.
Statues are just the start – The UK is peppered with slavery heritage.
6 min read
Britain’s heritage is steeped in the remnants and history of slavery, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it.
Britain’s monument culture obscures a violent history of white supremacy and colonial violence.
4 min read
Understanding the role art played as a sanitiser of violence shows that destroying or removing monuments from public view does not erase history.