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site- Tell Mama. We are, of course, made very racial truths’. Then you can begin to undertake
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being told by a rabid racist to move seats, or initiative, now ensconced as a
he would physically move her, along with some
racist expletives. 10 Downing Street high priority
initiative- The Race Disparity Displaying an 8,000-year
But there have been two other national scandals Unit- is all about.
that have shone an uncomfortable spotlight continuum of African &
on the institutional race inequality and why European Hystory.
the need for a comprehensive approach to Led from the very top, the Prime Minister
tackle it. Firstly, the Windrush scandal which Theresa May demands every Whitehall
has witnessed the Government hounding department to lay bare race inequalities in their
of innocents in the spurious drive to cut area; education, health, housing, jobs etc and
immigration figures, and secondly, the alarming then report back. ‘Explain the racial disparities or
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So, what should be the response to this
kaleidoscope of race inequality challenges? Well close to the fire, which means pushing them for
the first thing to acknowledge is that there is no the biggest change possible, whilst bringing in
quick fix or some magic silver bullet. And the experts to suggest policy options that gets us to
Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s call to ramp up a better place, sooner rather than later.
‘Stop and search’ becomes a similar folly that
caused the Home Office Windrush scandal in Our priorities to confront have been race
inequality within criminal justice, education
the first place.
and employment. ‘Our’ meaning the Prime
Minister, her very brilliant Special Advisor Nero
Pandering to those who want quick fix solutions,
Ughwujabo, the first Black man to have such a
or ‘look what we’re doing’ snapshots, history
position, the Cabinet Secretary of State David
shows us that you’ll hardly catch any more
Ludington, and the head of the RDU senior Civil
criminals, but you will end up alienating tens of
Servant Marcus Bell.
thousands of innocent Black men who distrust
you even more than the criminals, because
they know the only reason why they are being
targeted is because they’re Black.

The most sensible approach would be to zoom
out, take a bird’s eye view and importantly,
look at the evidence. Or as the Prime Minister
Theresa May put it, ‘the often uncomfortable