Britain's race report: What went wrong?
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The Times
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🗓️ 13 April 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
At the end of last month, we saw the release of the Race and Ethnic disparities report, it was controversial and many called into question its integrity. Today we dissect it.
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Guests:
-Dr Mohammad S. Razai, Clinician and academic fellow at St. George's University of London.
-Simon Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford and director of Operation Black Vote.
-Kehinde Andrews, Author of The New Age of Empire.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 0:00.0 | Last summer, as the killing of George Floyd and the cry of Black Lives Matter echoed |
| 0:11.0 | around the world, protests broke out in cities across the UK. |
| 0:19.0 | The government was caught off guard, as ministers came under fire for their comments about statues |
| 0:25.8 | and taking the knee. Boris Johnson launched a review on race in the hope that it would bring |
| 0:32.0 | the country together. |
| 0:33.6 | We need to start telling that story and building up a culture of high expectations of a narrative |
| 0:40.8 | about success as well as stamping out the racism and the discrimination that unquestionably |
| 0:48.6 | exists. |
| 0:49.6 | But when the race and ethnic disparities report was published at the end of March, rather |
| 0:55.1 | than calming tensions, it only seemed to inflame them again. |
| 0:59.4 | A government commissioned report is described as irresponsible, as immoral, as people were |
| 1:05.0 | flabbergasted by it that it was gaslighting. |
| 1:07.7 | It couldn't be more heartbreaking that that opportunity shockingly lost. |
| 1:13.3 | It's already become the most controversial government report in a generation, with |
| 1:18.8 | a long line of high profile and respected academics now calling for it to be revoked and questioning |
| 1:25.9 | the integrity of its findings. |
| 1:28.4 | It has used outdated references and data. |
| 1:32.1 | In some instances, it has misrepresented or misinterpreted data. |
| 1:37.2 | There's been a heated debate since the report was published. |
| 1:40.7 | In this episode, we're hoping to cast some light on the issue by looking more closely |
| 1:46.2 | at some of the claims made by the commission. |
| 1:49.6 | You're listening to stories of our times from the times and the Sunday times. |
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