Minority children and young adults account for an overwhelming majority of coronavirus deaths among Americans under 21, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report reveals. Although children and young people have not been hit as hard by he virus, disparities seen in older adults are even more exaggerated in the fatality risks … Read more
Bernie Ecclestone has said Formula 1 is ‘open to anyone’ after Lewis Hamilton called him ‘ignorant’ for suggesting the issue of racism was being ‘overblown’. The business mogul, 89, appeared on This Morning on Friday with his wife Fabiana, 44, after being publicly condemned for claiming ‘a lot more black people were more racist than … Read more
REVEALED: 87% of meat and poultry plant workers who were infected with coronavirus were minorities, CDC report finds More than 16,000 meat and poultry processing facility workers have tested positive for coronavirus Of the nearly 10,000 workers for whom racial and ethnic information were reported, 87% were minorities Five times as many Hispanic employees were … Read more
Now RECIPES are reviewed for ‘cultural insensitivity’ over claims chefs are ‘appropriating dishes’ from ethnic minorities without properly crediting them Two food publications have been accused of not crediting ethnic minority dishes Bon Appétit’s Alison Roman received criticism for her Indian/Caribbean curry Ms Roman’s #TheStrew recipe did not state where the dish originated from ‘BBC … Read more
Doctors have said there is a ‘crisis of confidence’ in Public Health England following a ‘profoundly disappointing’ report on how coronavirus hits ethnic minorities harder. More than 30 ethnic minority doctors’ groups joined the doctors’ union in signing a letter saying they were ‘aghast’ at the research, which has come under criticism for lacking substance. … Read more
Nearly three quarters of NHS staff who have died from coronavirus are from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. Latest figures show that 111 health and social care workers have been killed by the virus, and the overwhelming majority of these have been from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. People from such backgrounds … Read more