PM’s adviser on ethnic minorities Samuel Kasumu QUITS

The PM’s most senior black aide has quit amid a huge backlash at a ‘culturally deaf’ race report. Samuel Kasumu, who advised Boris Johnson on ethnic minorities is understood to have handed in his resignation after long-running tensions. The news emerged after the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities published a controversial study on inequality … Read more

Ethnic minorities are NOT more likely to die from Covid than white Brits

Ethnic minority Britons may only face a higher risk of dying of Covid because they’re more likely to catch it, not because of genetic differences, according to an official report.  A review by Number 10’s Race Disparity Unit compared death rates between white people and ethnic minorities and found the gap had narrowed in the … Read more

When Covid puts our ethnic minorities more at risk why IS their uptake of the jab so much lower?

There’s no shortage of customers for Covid-19 vaccinations at Blackburn Cathedral, where, for generations, local folk have sung Christian hymns in their Sunday best. Today, the imposing building is open for other business. Instead of saving souls, it is busy helping to save lives.  Volunteers hold umbrellas over Lancashire’s elderly, many in wheelchairs or propped … Read more

Bernardine Evaristo warns minorities who refuse honours risk making them prizes ‘for white people’

Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo OBE warns ethnic minorities who refuse honours for their links to Empire risk making them prizes ‘for white people’ Writer Bernadine Evaristo awarded an OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2020 The 61-year-old was first black woman to win Booker Prize in 2019 for her novel Evaristo has said it … Read more

Ethnic minorities ‘are more reluctant to take the coronavirus vaccine’

Ethnic minorities are more reluctant to take the coronavirus vaccine over anti-vaxxer fears, says study 76% of UK public would take Covid-19 jab if advised to by GP, RSPH poll finds This fell to 57% of people from BAME backgrounds compared to 79% of white   Confidence lowest among those of Asian ethnicity, with 55% likely … Read more

Ethnic minorities could be prioritised for Covid-19 tests in Tier Three areas

Ethnic minorities could be prioritised for coronavirus tests as part of Number 10’s plans to move hotspot areas out of Tier 3 restrictions through regular swabbing. Under the new scheme – which starts when the national lockdown ends – councils will be entitled to target specific groups for regular, asymptomatic testing.  People may be selected … Read more

Political correctness ‘does not address the real problems faced by ethnic minorities’

Political correctness does not address the real problems faced by ethnic minorities in Britain, the head of the National Black Police Association has said. Andrew George, an inspector with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, told the Sunday Telegraph that this sensitivity may have gone ‘too far in some stages,’ such as leaving people unable to … Read more

BBC bosses want 20 per cent of guests to be from ethnic minorities

BBC bosses want 20 per cent of guests to be from ethnic minorities as they introduce voluntary scheme for producers to hit the target BBC is introducing a voluntary scheme for show bosses to hit diversity targets  Many popular and prominent programmes are expected to sign up to scheme The BBC also announced a new ‘focus … Read more

Ethnic minorities are twice as likely to die from Covid-19 than white people because of poverty

Ethnic minorities are twice as likely to die from Covid-19 than white people because they live in deprived areas and work in public-facing jobs, more data has suggested. Numerous studies, including government-funded research, have shown black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) people are being hit hardest by the disease. Some early scientific papers suggested that … Read more