A panel of experts discusses an increased rate of institutional racism in Britain

A panel of experts discusses in two parts an increased rate of institutional racism in Britain. Watch the videos below.

Racist insults by taxi drivers in London

Read the story here to see how you may experience of having racist insults by taxi drivers in London.



Racist insults by taxi drivers in London

  

Knesset member Haneen Zoubi calls Israel racist

Knesset member Haneen Zoubi calls Israel racist. Watch the video and the interview below.

UK is a racist country?

A British resident discusses here how hurtful it is to live in the UK due to racist insults.

British man was jailed for racist attack

A British motorist who attacked and racially abused another driver during a road rage incident was jailed for six months on Thursday 14 of February 2012. Read the story here.

Racist gang told teenagers: 'You can't wear England shirts because you are brown"

A racist attack started when a group of British boys told three brothers they could not wear England football shirts because their skin was brown, a youth court heard.

The four British boys, all aged 13 and 14, shouted racial abuse and launched an attack that left one of the victims needing hospital treatment. Delia Matthews, prosecuting, said the three brothers, aged 11, 14 and 17, were playing football in the Orchard Park play area at 5.30pm on January 24 in 2012. One of the youths said to one of them: “Why are you wearing an England shirt? You’re brown.”

More racist abuse was shouted before one of the boys launched an attack and a “bundle” took place. The victim suffered a black eye, needing hospital treatment and another was injured in the shoulder. Read more about this racist insult here.

Primary Pupils As Young As Nine Excluded From School For Racist Abuse in Britain

Primary school pupils as young as nine are being excluded from class for racist abuse, an investigation has revealed. The nine-year-old was suspended for half a day for physical attacks, racist jokes and verbal abuse, according to the Surrey Comet. The local Kingston paper conducted an investigation into racist abuse in the area's schools and found 14 children were suspended from school in the last year in the borough alone. Read the full story here.

In 2011, teachers logged more than 10,000 incidents nationally involving primary school students making racist insults during the previous year according to the sources here.

These figures are shocking as they show how much racist insults are common in Britain. Looking at other sources here also reveals racist insults are increasing in the UK.

A black woman banned from publishing a book about her experiences of racism in the Prison Service in Britain

A black woman banned from publishing a book about her experiences of racism in the Prison Service in Britain is taking the Ministry of Justice to a tribunal.



Almost British by Olivea Ebanks

Olivea Ebanks wrote the memoir Almost British following partial victory in a previous racial discrimination employment tribunal against the Prison Service in the UK in 2008. Ebanks is banned from talking about the memoir’s ban or her case because she is a civil servant. Read the whole story here.

European commission was criticised for its racist advert

The video, entitled Growing Together, features three men from ethnic minorities using martial arts skills apparently preparing to fight a white woman.

The ethnic characters include a threatening-looking Chinese man who shouts kung fu slogans, a sword-wielding Indian man and a dreadlocked black man and the woman wears a yellow dress, the color of the stars of the European Union (EU).

The woman stares at the men who are threatening her with marital art moves. She then multiplies herself to form a circle around the men who drop their weapons and sit down. The woman's yellow outfit then turns into the stars of the EU.

The video shows the words "The more we are, the stronger we are," at the end.

The European commission was accused of depicting other cultures in a racist manner and in stereotypes in the video, which was aimed at young audiences.

Institutional Racism and British Parliament

British Parliament is politically elite; you’re more likely to get into Parliament if you’re a white male who attended a private school. Yasmin Begum has documented an article proving clear presence of institutional racism in the Parliament in Britain. You can read the article here.  

"The UK police system is institutionally racist"

Finally, the murderers of Stephen Lawrence were found guilty after a struggle that lasted longer than the time the victim was alive. Lawrence, born in September of 1974, was brutally killed – in a racially-motivated murder – while waiting for a bus in south-east London, in April of 1993. He was just eighteen years old.

He was killed by a gang of young, white, racist men who stabbed him in a wholly unprovoked attack. The last word he heard before dying was “nigger”.

The murder sparked a national outcry; even right-wing newspaper the Daily Mail published a picture of four of the alleged gang, claiming that they were Lawrence’s murderers.  Yasmin Begum has written an article explaining the reasons why "the UK police system is institutionally racist". You can read the article here.  

A common culture of institutional racism in Britain

Institutional racism is that which, covertly or overtly, resides in the policies, procedures, operations and culture of public or private institutions - reinforcing individual prejudices and being reinforced by them in turn. Whereas individual racism is the expression of personal prejudice, institutional racism is the expression of a whole organization’s racist practice and culture.

If racist consequences accrue to institutional laws, customs or practices, that institution is racist whether or not the individuals maintaining those practices have racial intentions.

The word institutional racism was first coined in the UK in the wake of the MacPherson’s report on policing in the UK when Stephen Lawrence’s case was investigating. In MacPherson’s report, institutional racism was defined as the follow: "The collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture, or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness and racist stereotyping which disadvantage minority ethnic people."

"Gypsies are the forgotten victims of racism in Britain"

Sophia Vale is an English Gypsy who believes Gypsies are the forgotten victims of racism in Britain. Sophia says she has been refused entry to bars and restaurants in Britain.



Gypsies are the forgotten victims of racism in Britain



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A British man who attacked people purely because of their skin colour testifies

Matthew Collins from Britain testifies that he used to be a violent racist who attacked people purely because of their skin colour. Sickened by his involvement in one vicious attack on a group of elderly Asian women in Britain, Matthew turned on his fellow racists and now campaigns against racism.



A British man who attacked people purely because of their skin colour testifies


You can watch the video here.

"Britain is as racist today as it was 20 years ago"

Michael Abatan's brother Jay died in 1999, outside a nightclub, in a racial attack in Britain. No one has ever been prosecuted for Jay's killing and Michael says that Britain is as racist today as it was 20 years ago.



Britain is as racist today as it was 20 years ago



You can watch the video here.

Racism in the UK; 18 years since Stephen Lawrence murder

The article discusses the presence of racism in the UK even today, 18 years since Stephen Lawrence murdered by a racist attack.

Stop Racist Attacks

'A world of casual racism' exposed at British Airways

A senior British Airways pilot reveals the startling levels of casual racism in the flagship UK company, which once famously claimed to be "the world's favourite airline". Captain Doug Maughan, who has 28 years' flying experience, including 15 years with British Airways, says that derogatory remarks about race by his colleagues are so common they are treated as normal. Read the whole story here where a senior BA pilot exposes shocking racist culture of Britain's flag carrier.

Can you excuse casual racism?

Davina Hamilton in her article questions whether ambiguous race-related incidents can ever be ignored.

The rise of British racism may be horribly close

This article discusses how British racism is being involved in daily life in the UK.

Soap giant accused of racism over body wash advert

Soap giant Dove has landed itself in hot water after an advert for one of its products appeared to suggest it can change a user's skin colour. See the advert yourself and read the article here.

Soap giant accused of racism over body wash advert

Bristol traffic warden faces regular racism on street

In the UK, insults and dirty looks can be the daily diet in a busy city like Bristol, where parking is at a premium, but for Clifford Windith the abuse has always had even nastier undertones. The Jamaican has put up with racist name-calling, dog attacks and even been spat at by angry motorists since he joined the council's enforcement team in the UK. You can read the story here.

It is racist to impose limits to immigration

It IS racist to impose limits to immigration. Limits and laws have a history of racism and this campaign is racist. See more photos here.



It IS racist to impose limits to immigration



Pupils and teachers 'show racism'

Racism is still an issue in England's schools, with pupils and teachers showing racist behaviour, research suggests. More than four-fifths (83%) of teachers questioned said they had witnessed racist attitudes or behaviour amongst their students. This included name calling, comments, jokes and stereotyping of different races.

These attitudes were not restricted to pupils, as almost a third of those questioned (31%) said they had seen similar behaviour amongst teachers. In some cases, they used racist terminology, or had lower expectations of ethnic minority pupils. You can read the article here.

These figures are in agreement with other reports that have found a shocking increase in racist attacks in England's schools. See other articles here.

Racist stop and search is on the rise in Britain

Black people are now 30 times more likely than whites to be stopped and searched by police in the UK, according to new analysis. This figure is a dramatic rise—just 12 months earlier it had been 26 times more likely. In 2009 black people were 10.7 times more likely to be searched under the same power. These figures expose the continuing racism within the police in Britain. You can read the article here.

Who’s to blame for racism?

There is a recurring theme in the media’s discussion of racism – that white working class people are more racist than other sections of society. The reality is that racism comes from the top of society and is deliberately propagated by the ruling class. You can read the whole story by Esme Choonara here.



Facing racism in Burnley - Monawar Hussain sees his store daubed with racist graffiti





"Britain is still racist as it was before"

British-born Pakistani Muslim Qurra Tull-Anne Hussain suffered repeated racial abuse while growing up in Scotland. In the aftermath of 9/11 and 7/7, Qurra believes that racism has morphed into Islamophobia and she is now abused for her faith as well as her race. She believes Britain is still racist as it was before.


Britain is still racist as it was before


You can watch the video here.