institutional racism, structural invisibility, and longstanding inequalities have disproportionately impacted people of African descent living in the UK. Therefore, the suggestion that family structure, rather than institutionalized and structural discriminatory practices are the central features of the Black experience is a tone-deaf attempt at rejecting the lived realities of people of African descent and other ethnic minorities in the UK.
Police (RH) Resources Hub
February 15, 2021
UK – Mohamud Mohammed Hassan Police misconduct notice served
Mr Hassan was arrested at his home on suspicion of breach of the peace but was released without charge the next day, 9 January, and died that night.
Police (RH) Resources Hub
February 15, 2021
UK -Mohamud Mohammed Hassan: Death of black man after night in Cardiff police custody sparks protests
Protestors marched to the station from Cardiff’s city centre, chanting “no justice, no peace” and demanded the force release CCTV of the 24-year-old’s custody stint.
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February 9, 2021
UK: LONDONERS’ PROTEST MEETING AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, 1943
“Coloured folk cab die fighting for us, can help destroy Fascism, can help preserve our freedom, but they are not allowed to gather in the harvest or stay at certain hotels.”
Politics (RH) Resources Hub
November 14, 2020
SUMMARY: UK PARLIAMENT REPORT ON BLACK PEOPLE, RACISM & HUMAN RIGHTS
Commissioning reports and failing to implement them intensifies disaffection and lack of confidence in the Government on race issues. Government must implement the findings of previous reports that have been commissioned.
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November 14, 2020
BLACK PEOPLE, RACISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS: UK PARLIAMENT REPORT
Joint House of Lords and House of Commons Report.
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September 25, 2020
NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTIES’ LINK TO SLAVERY
The National Trust said a third of the properties it manages had direct links to colonialism or slavery. Some have a “hugely uncomfortable” history, it said.
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September 24, 2020
ALESHA DIXON
Ofcom has, at the time of writing, received more than 1,900 complaints over an episode of Britain’s Got Talent in which Alesha wore a Black Lives Matter necklace.
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September 15, 2020
JOHN BOYEGA PARTS COMPANY WITH JO MALONE LONDON
We recognise that this was painful and that offence was caused. We respect, John, and support our partners and fans globally.
Miscellaneous (RH) Resources Hub
September 14, 2020
Bristol’s original Colston Society to disband after 275 years
The Colston Society was the original society, set up by wealthy merchants and slave traders in the middle of the 18th century, after Edward Colston’s death in 1721