It is clear how ethnic disparities within the labour market are linked to other disparities in policy such as housing, and influenced by national crises such as the cost of living crisis. Issues within the labour market leads to wage disparity between minoritised communities and their White counterparts.
The Telling Stories event on 22nd November 2022, was a powerful, social and introspective conversation about the art of storytelling. I know this because I was there. It asked critical questions that were extremely thought-provoking about how the UnMuseum project (as it stands today with this name) will tell stories. But it was also a general conversation for storytellers in all modes and forms, as well as an educational one.
It is clear how ethnic disparities within the labour market are linked to other disparities in policy such as housing, and influenced by national crises such as the cost of living crisis. Issues within the labour market leads to wage disparity between minoritised communities and their White counterparts.
On the 19th of June, 2023, Home Secretary Suella Braverman informed all police forces in England and Wales to “ramp up” the use of stop and search powers in efforts to stop knife crime and the “dangerous culture” of carrying weapons. This is a concerning development from the Home Secretary, when the disproportionate use of Stop and Search on minoritised communities has been well documented. Photograph: Steve Phillips/Alamy
On the 16th of June, 2023, Chief Constable Sarah Crew of the Avon & Somerset Police characterised the Avon & Somerset Police as “institutionally racist.” (Avon & Somerset Police, 2023) This conclusion was reached through tests and definitions established through decades of advocacy against racial discrimination in policing. This statement, having come from such a senior position, is a welcome addition to the fight against systemic racial injustice in the United Kingdom
This is a summary of the impact of the government’s autumn budget on Black and Minoritised people. It covers changes to taxes, public spending, health and social care, wages, pensions, and benefits. Throughout the fiscal year of 2021-22, indicators of economic growth have been moving towards constriction. With the announcement of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Budget (2022), the UK has officially entered into a period of recession.
The Grenfell Tower tragedy of 2017 lifted the veil over the abundant problems in the Social Housing sector; where a resident warning about serious fire risk within the building was labelled a “troublemaker” by the housing management, and a year later, found himself having to escape with his life in a fire that caused 72 bereavements.
The website in question was created as an integrated service from which the public can access government data on racial disparities in the UK.
