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This is where we are heading if we are not very careful in the UK
Thread with detail in what we are seeing here, an American import
Our education sector and those in independent media should be keeping a very close eye on this
I know @bylinetimes always has
Our education sector and those in independent media should be keeping a very close eye on this
I know @bylinetimes always has
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On the Great Barrington cohort in a paywalled piece where evidence is not supportive of a key vax narrative
Deadening claims, quiet correction
So often the way this goes right now
So often the way this goes right now
An historical related example
Black people are about 18 times more likely to be searched than their white counterparts.
But according to our culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…
But according to our culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…
BME children make up over half of the child population in prison (28% are black). This is an increase of 15% over the past decade.
But according to the culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.
But according to the culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.
By the end of secondary school, Gypsy, Roma & Traveller pupils are almost three years - & black Caribbean students 11 months - behind their white British counterparts.
But according to the culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.
But according to the culture war Government, structural & institutional racism doesn't exist.
Your weekend must-listen: a new mini-series from @C4TheFourcast where we take a deep dive into the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.
We find out why their #RaceReport faced a furious backlash.
And ask - what will the government do with it now?
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We find out why their #RaceReport faced a furious backlash.
And ask - what will the government do with it now?
plnk.to/TheFourcast
@C4TheFourcast Two months ago, the government-backed #RaceReport was released - to a furious backlash.
How genuine was it? And was controversy part of the plan?
In part one, @serenabarksing tells us what really went on.
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How genuine was it? And was controversy part of the plan?
In part one, @serenabarksing tells us what really went on.
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@C4TheFourcast @serenabarksing Was the #RaceReport by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities peer reviewed?
How did academics and experts react to the findings?
In part two, @serenabarksing digs deeper into the detail.
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How did academics and experts react to the findings?
In part two, @serenabarksing digs deeper into the detail.
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How do I comment on racism
How do I bring about change
What can I do to ensure
It doesn't happen again
I watch the news
I hear the recordings
"I can't breathe"
What was he thinking
And then I hear from friends
I hear the reality
The hate and fear
The embedded inequality..
#racism
How do I bring about change
What can I do to ensure
It doesn't happen again
I watch the news
I hear the recordings
"I can't breathe"
What was he thinking
And then I hear from friends
I hear the reality
The hate and fear
The embedded inequality..
#racism
What can I do?
What can I say?
I can only be me
Speak as me
But I am speechless
When it comes to the injustice
I see in the US
But also here in the UK
Experienced by people
Of different races
2/...
#GeorgeFloyd
#racismuk #racism #napowrimo
What can I say?
I can only be me
Speak as me
But I am speechless
When it comes to the injustice
I see in the US
But also here in the UK
Experienced by people
Of different races
2/...
#GeorgeFloyd
#racismuk #racism #napowrimo
I'm a white British woman
That gives me security
I can't know the fear
Or know the injustice
I haven't experienced hatred
At the hands of racists
3/....
#RaceReport #poetry #NaPoWriMo #SystemicRacism
That gives me security
I can't know the fear
Or know the injustice
I haven't experienced hatred
At the hands of racists
3/....
#RaceReport #poetry #NaPoWriMo #SystemicRacism
Today, Parliament is debating Black Maternal Healthcare for the first time in its history.
The UK maternal mortality rate for white women is 8 per 100,000 live births.
For Black women, this rises to 34 per 100,000 live births #BlackMaternalHealthDebate
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The UK maternal mortality rate for white women is 8 per 100,000 live births.
For Black women, this rises to 34 per 100,000 live births #BlackMaternalHealthDebate
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In November, a @HumanRightsCtte report pointed out that the NHS "acknowledge and regret this disparity but have no target to end it".
That's scandalous.
The Government has long been aware of these disparities and failed to address them.
1/8
That's scandalous.
The Government has long been aware of these disparities and failed to address them.
1/8
The pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing inequalities in maternity care.
Over half of pregnant women admitted with #Covid19 in the first two months were Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic group.
Black women have been 8x more likely to be admitted.
2/8
Over half of pregnant women admitted with #Covid19 in the first two months were Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic group.
Black women have been 8x more likely to be admitted.
2/8
The Government's #racereport is a huge Rorscharch test. You know the one. 10 inkblots – mixed in form, colour and movement – are presented one by one. A single question is asked: “What do you see?”.
So, what do you see? A bird? A bat? A rib cage? (1/)
So, what do you see? A bird? A bat? A rib cage? (1/)
Know this. Your answer matters. We are not assessing your eyesight – we are assessing you. In America, custody battles are settled on your answer, medical diagnoses made, insurance claims declined. This is the Rorschach test. (2/)
We stare at the same image. The same flecks of paint, the same colours, the same blots. And yet, our mind forms different patterns, different images, different interpretations. Why? (3/)
Ce qu'il se passe en Occident avec le #RaceReport en GB, les lois racistes en France, c'est le backlash des blancs suite à la prise de conscience collective des personnes qu'ils assignent racisées. Les RS rendent notre parole sur leur racisme publique. Ils s'y opposent violemment
La fragilité blanche est le refus des blancs d'admettre leurs biais racistes car ça casse la belle image qu'ils ont d'eux-mêmes : qu'ils sont de bonnes personnes. Et tout le monde sait qu'une bonne personne n'est pas raciste. C'est leur refus violent de se remettre en question.
On en est arrivé à un point où non seulement les blancs refusent d'admettre leurs biais racistes inconscients, mais où ils refusent aussi de reconnaître le racisme hostile comme du racisme (insultes, comparaisons méprisantes associant les non-blancs comme inférieurs aux blancs).
'There is a new story about the Caribbean experience which speaks to the slave period not only being about profit and suffering but how culturally African people transformed themselves into a re-modelled African/Britain.'
I keep staring a this sentence in the #RaceReport
I keep staring a this sentence in the #RaceReport
It doesn't really make grammatical sense. What new story? The Caribbean experience of what? Being shackled and beaten? How did that speak to how 'culturally African' people transforming themselves?
What does this mean?? What remodelled African/Britain? How do enslaved people transform themselves into a country/continent? This is fucking nonsense.
We back @AkikoMHart completely, and applaud her courage in sharing this with @ThirdSector ❤️
The funder-fundee relationship should not require endangering yourself by staying silent in the face of dehumanising treatment.
Who will join Akiko in speaking?
thirdsector.co.uk/akiko-hart-lin…
The funder-fundee relationship should not require endangering yourself by staying silent in the face of dehumanising treatment.
Who will join Akiko in speaking?
thirdsector.co.uk/akiko-hart-lin…
The #RaceReport's historical revisionism of the UK's role in enslavement as the "Caribbean experience" is even more chilling when the Chair of NLCF - a co-opted member of the report’s commissioning team - is in a group representing plantation owners
How the Chair of NLCF's other org describes itself:
"...commenced life as a trade association during the infamous era of slavery. The original members...interests were largely aligned with the pro-slavery movement"
westindiacommittee.org/about-us/
INFAMOUS??? PRO-SLAVERY MEMBERS?? 🗑️🗑️
"...commenced life as a trade association during the infamous era of slavery. The original members...interests were largely aligned with the pro-slavery movement"
westindiacommittee.org/about-us/
INFAMOUS??? PRO-SLAVERY MEMBERS?? 🗑️🗑️
Before I log off...
🧵 A thread of UK orgs & institutions admitting that institutional racism does exist & how👇🏾
🧵 A thread of UK orgs & institutions admitting that institutional racism does exist & how👇🏾
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I've now read all 258 pages of the #RaceReport, so you don't have to.
It bats away issues of great significance and infantilizes those from ethnic minorities.
Here are my highlights/lowlights:
I've now read all 258 pages of the #RaceReport, so you don't have to.
It bats away issues of great significance and infantilizes those from ethnic minorities.
Here are my highlights/lowlights:
There are multiple bizarre attempts to underplay serious issues.
"Fear of hate crime among ethnic minorities is greater than its likelihood of occurring."
Well, yes. Just because you didn't get hit by a car on the way home doesn't mean you were wrong to look before you crossed.
"Fear of hate crime among ethnic minorities is greater than its likelihood of occurring."
Well, yes. Just because you didn't get hit by a car on the way home doesn't mean you were wrong to look before you crossed.
On historical racism:
"We understand the idealism of these well-intentioned young people who have held on to, and amplified, this inter-generational mistrust."
"We understand the idealism of these well-intentioned young people who have held on to, and amplified, this inter-generational mistrust."
Not that anyone is particularly waiting for my thoughts, but, you're going to get them on the #RaceReport and the #RaceCommission
I have quite a few and they may be a bit rambling and without a sense of order, but, that's the style of the report.
Where to begin??
I have quite a few and they may be a bit rambling and without a sense of order, but, that's the style of the report.
Where to begin??
The title. Language matters and that this commission and therefore report is called Race and Ethnic Disparities, rather than Race and Ethnic Minority Disparities, is a small point BUT it does set us up for what's to come.
Which is essentially a lot of divide and conquer.
Which is essentially a lot of divide and conquer.
The expectation that this report, coming in the wake of Black Lives Matter, was a chance to look at the racial disparities is unmet.
Therefore just as a starting point we cannot take this report seriously.
Therefore just as a starting point we cannot take this report seriously.
The #RaceReport released today is disappointing at its best and offensive at its worst.
👎🏽 No mentions of the links between migration and race
👎🏽 Downplays the prevalence of structural racism in our society
👎🏽 Minimises the links between race and other inequalities
👎🏽 No mentions of the links between migration and race
👎🏽 Downplays the prevalence of structural racism in our society
👎🏽 Minimises the links between race and other inequalities
📢 Our immigration system has problems of institutionalised racism, but this wasn’t mentioned. There is a lack of reflection on how UK Gov depts (like the Home Office) can also perpetuate discriminatory policies. See: Hostile Environment ⤵️
bit.ly/3m9wk2Z
bit.ly/3m9wk2Z
📢 Covid has run along racial lines, there is clear evidence of that. To label the link between health and race a “pessimistic narrative” is concerning, and dismisses the high death rates we have seen in minority ethnic communities in the last year bit.ly/3ftDhL3
