Category: institutional racism

Police Scotland Chief Says His Force Is ‘Institutionally Racist and Discriminatory’

The outgoing chief constable of Police Scotland has said his force “is institutionally racist and discriminatory.” Addressing a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) on Thursday, Sir Iain Livingstone said acknowledging the issue exists is “essential” to a commitment to champion equality and become “an anti-racist service.” He warned that there is “no place”…


Security Minister Tom Tugendhat Tells MPs ‘Soft Bigotry’ May Create Tolerance for Islamist Extremism

Security minister Tom Tugendhat has said the “bigotry of low expectations” may be to blame for under-reporting of concerns about Islamist extremism to the UK government’s Prevent programme. Tugendhat told Parliament’s Home Affairs Select Committee on Wednesday that a kind of “soft bigotry” is enabling tolerance for Islamist extremism “in a way that there quite…


Redefining ‘Merit’

Commentary Social engineering movements appear to have increased in number and intensity during 2021. It is useful, for intellectual and strategic purposes, to ascertain whether there is a common theme that links these movements and explains the growing anxiety about their impact on a person’s expectation to be rewarded on the ground of his or…


‘Very Few’ Disparities Linked to Racism: UK Commission

British society is not rigged against ethnic minorities and very few racial disparities are caused by racism, an independent review has found. The review was published on Wednesday by the independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which was set up by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July 2020 to examine inequality in the UK…