National figures show stop and search is still used disproportionately against black people. Unemployment in Seven Sisters is higher than the national and the London average, as are the numbers of people on benefits. Jobless rates for black Britons are higher than for whites, nationally, and a study for the Institute for Public Policy Research showed African-Caribbean youth unemployment growing faster than for other groups.
"They keep stopping innocent people for no reason at all. They still can't tell the difference between one black person and another," Scott said in the interview. The full interview can be read here.
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