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  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    Simon Okotie
    Why, after all, I will celebrate the jubilee

    Simon Okotie had mixed feelings about the anniversary. Now he is preparing for a street party

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Race at work: how hard are companies really trying?

    Dismantling systemic racism is a huge task, but many employees think organisations are failing to take it seriously

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    UK government accused of failing to tackle racial inequality

    Anti-discrimination charities, unions and Labour concerned over ‘hopelessly ineffective’ plans

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Met police veteran Leroy Logan: ‘The force has always had an issue about race’

    The former superintendent on how to change the culture of Britain’s biggest police force — and how John Boyega changed his life

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    Halima Begum
    UK ethnic minorities face a breathtaking legal onslaught

    The policing, elections and borders bills are an assault on the civil rights of ethnic minorities

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Cricket
    English cricket should face state funding cut over racism, say MPs

    Select committee urges ministers to take action if there is no ‘demonstrable progress’ on ridding racist behaviour

  • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
    FT MagazineSimon Kuper
    Yes, there is a third way on ‘wokeness’

    Our aim should be to marginalise the whole debate. It should not be the culture war of our time

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    Cricket
    English cricket authorities promise ‘cultural change’ to root out racism

    Leading bodies admit after meeting that discrimination is a ‘blight’ on the sport

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    English cricket is undermined by racism

    The game must tackle bigotry to remain the exemplar of British values

  • Friday, 15 October, 2021
    Natalie A Carter
    Fix law firm culture to keep people of colour

    Inclusion schemes would be more effective if they involved associates from diverse backgrounds earlier on

  • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
    Women in business
    Professional black women paid less as careers stagnate, says UK survey

    Almost three-quarters struggle in ‘mirror-tocracy’ as they try to adapt to company culture

  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    Women of colour held back from senior roles by ‘structural racism’

    Ethnic minorities over-represented in junior positions, says gender equality charity

  • Friday, 16 July, 2021
    Halima Begum
    Racial discrimination will plague the UK until government intervenes

    To achieve true social mobility, the state must act as a leveller

  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
    Racial equality
    Football’s online racists to be banned from attending matches

    Prime minister announces plan to extend banning orders to cover fans posting abuse on the internet

  • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
    UK Inequality
    Racial equality in England worsened in past five years, finds report

    Runnymede Trust calls on government to review its strategy for tackling discrimination

  • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
    News in-depthSocial Media
    Racist abuse of black footballers reignites debate over social media policing

    Boris Johnson urges tech bosses to ‘up their game’ ahead of introducing Online Safety Bill to parliament

  • Monday, 12 July, 2021
    FT CollectionsEuro 2020 football championship
    Racist abuse of England football players sparks political row

    Boris Johnson accused of hypocrisy for response, while team members themselves react to online attacks

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Simon Okotie
    1981: a tale of two nations

    How a year of riots and royalty illuminated the contradictions of modern Britain

  • Friday, 25 June, 2021
    Camilla Cavendish
    The UK has been failing white working-class pupils for years

    We should not let culture wars obscure the fact that this group of children needs a new educational strategy

  • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
    UK Inequality
    UK ethnic pay gap needs mandatory reporting, say business and unions

    Compulsory disclosure is ‘obvious first step’ towards greater racial equality at work

  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    House & Home
    Booming Brixton: reggae music, smart restaurants and million-pound homes

    Forty years on from anti-police riots, gentrification has encroached on the heart of the UK’s African-Caribbean community

  • Friday, 11 June, 2021
    Sport
    Fans should not boo players who take the knee, says Boris Johnson

    U-turn by British PM at start of Euro 2020 tournament over on-pitch demonstrations against racism

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Senior Tories condemn protest over ‘racist’ statue

    University regulator criticises Oxford academics’ boycott over Cecil Rhodes statue

  • Monday, 31 May, 2021
    Ashley Howard
    Tulsa’s ‘Black Wall Street’ teaches us about racial economic discrimination

    The effects of the massacre 100 years ago still reverberate through the US today

  • Friday, 23 April, 2021
    The Weekend Essay
    George Alagiah: Migration, memory and me

    How can the UK come to terms with its colonial past? In a personal essay, the BBC presenter calls for a permanent national museum of migration

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