The highly anticipated Windrush Lessons Learned Review has condemned the Home Office’s treatment of migrants, referring primarily to the Windrush scandal. The review highlights the “profound institutional failure” which caused people who came to the […]
At the beginning of February this year the BBC mistakenly labelled MP Marsha de Cordova as MP Dawn Butler while De Cordova was involved in a debate in the Commons, the mistake lay in that […]
The issue of school policies on natural hair have come to the forefront of pop-culture and feminist attention recently, largely in the wake of Ruby Williams, a school student being repeatedly sent home from her […]
The outbreak of coronavirus has led to claims of racial abuse in the UK after a Chinese student at Newcastle University complained that a student on campus screamed and ran away from him. According to […]
The novel coronavirus, having been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO), has instilled vigilance, fear and even panic in people all around the globe. The virus has first been detected […]
Recently, the national conversation on Harry and Meghan saw the issue of racism raised on an episode of the BBC’s Question Time. Actor panellist, Laurence Fox, accused a member of the audience of racism. He […]
Vue and Showcase cinemas chose to ban the Peckham-set gang film ‘Blue Story’ from its 91 UK cinemas after a spate of 25 separate serious incidents across 16 of its cinemas within the first 24 […]
Arts and Culture editor Delphie Bond examines the BBC’s The Apprentice and its underlying racist and sexist prejudices.
A lot of ignorance still surrounds the term ‘colourism’. Many probably have not even heard of it before or do not know what it means. But as a crucial arm of global White supremacy and […]
The start of October marked the beginning of Black History Month but it seems some Bulgarian football fans did not get the memo. England’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Bulgaria was almost abandoned due to the […]
On paper, the idea of a British family jetting off to live with a Namibian tribe, accompanied by a complete replica of their semi-detached home, sounds like a pretty absurd idea. In reality, it is […]
When people talk about privilege, it’s not a competition about who is worse off as some people frame it. It’s about acknowledging the struggles of people’s individual experiences whether you’re a person-of-colour, LGBTQ+, disabled, working class or female.