BAME

Worse BAME coronavirus outcomes because of structural discrimination, Doreen Lawrence finds

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Decades of structural discrimination led to the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, a review has said. Baroness Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence, claimed there were structural inequalities within government, health, employment and the education system that Covid-19 ‘thrived on’ as the outbreak … Read more

BAME communities urged to volunteer for Covid-19 vaccine trials

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BAME communities urged to volunteer for Covid-19 vaccine trials as figures show they account for less than 5% of participants UK Vaccine Taskforce was launched in April to ‘drive forward, expedite and co-ordinate efforts to research and then produce a coronavirus vaccine’ While over 250,000 Britons have taken part in trials since then, 93% are … Read more

BAME people are ‘over-represented’ on TV, new research suggests

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Ethnic minorities are overrepresented as actors and presenters on British television but continue to be sidelined off screen, new research suggests. People from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds accounted for more than 22 per cent of all on-screen TV contributions last year, while representing just 12.8 per cent of the UK population. But … Read more

Supreme Court president Lord Reed calls for more BAME judges

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Supreme Court president Lord Reed calls for more judges from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds as he says lack of diversity will become ‘shameful’ if it continues Lord Reed has taken over as president of the Supreme Court from Lady Hale  He said the lack of diversity ‘cannot be allowed to become shameful if … Read more

Four of our iconic red post boxes have been painted black to honour BAME Britons

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Four of our iconic red post boxes have been painted black to honour BAME Britons including Sir Lenny Henry and nursing pioneer Mary Seacole Postboxes in London, Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast have been painted black They have been transformed as part of Black History Month in October Each box names a significant figure in the … Read more

Councillor on BAME covid deaths taskforce investigated for ‘flouting social distancing guidelines’

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Councillor who co-chaired taskforce into BAME covid deaths is under investigation for ‘flouting social distancing guidelines at indoor gathering’ Photos seen online allegedly show cllr Mohammed Yaseen Hussain at gathering The pictures show a number of men sitting close to each other in a private home  Sandwell Council has confirmed it is examining a complaint … Read more

Two-thirds of BAME people feel police are biased against them, survey reveals

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The majority of black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) people feel there is bias against them within police forces and that they are treated more harshly in courts, a charity survey suggests. Around two thirds (65%) of ethnic minority communities in Britain surveyed for Hope Not Hate feel members of the police are biased against … Read more

Tory MP sparks racism row after claiming ‘vast majority’ of lockdown breakers are BAME

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Tory MP sparks racism row after claiming the ‘vast majority’ of lockdown rule-breakers are from BAME communities Craig Whittaker, of Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, has sparked a racism row He said ‘sections of our community are just not taking the pandemic seriously’ The MP made the comments after local lockdowns  were imposed in the North By … Read more

Coronavirus: Young BAME men almost twice as likely to be fined

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Young BAME men were almost TWICE as likely to be handed fines for breaches of Covid-19 lockdown rules NPCC found there had been ‘disproportionality’ in issuing fixed penalty notices The BAME community were handed fines at rate of 1.6x higher than white people Black and Asian people 1.8 times more likely to be given FPNs … Read more

Lockdown was ‘less effective in BAME communities’, University of Leicester study finds

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Lockdown measures imposed in late March to slow down the spread of coronavirus may not have been as effective in black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities because of the ‘one-size-fits-all approach’, scientists have said. Academics at the University of Leicester found that Covid-19 cases continued to rise in BAME groups in certain parts of … Read more