The Reality of Being Black in Todays Britain

Britain’s racism problem—we’ve made progress, but not enough
It’s starkly evident that major ethnic and racial inequalities persist in employment, housing and the justice system. Black and Muslim minorities have twice the unemployment rate of their white British peers and are twice as likely to live in overcrowded housing. They are also much more likely to be stopped and searched by the police. We could also add to the list the alarming ethnic differences in deaths from COVID-19.
And Black people are twice as likely as White people to say British police are institutionally racist — but even among White people, just over a quarter of people believe it: 27% of White people said so, while 54% of Black people did.
And Black people are about twice as likely as White people to support the taking down of such statues, either by demonstrators or by the authorities. Six out of 10 (60%) Black people support their removal by protesters, while just under three in 10 (28%) White people do. Support is incrementally higher among both groups for authorities removing the statues.
Black people are more than twice as likely as White people to say there is too little representation of Black people in the media: Two-thirds (67%) of Black people indicate that, compared to a quarter (27%) of White people.
“We have an unhealthy culture in the UK that calling out racism is more offensive than racism itself.”
-Nova Reid
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