Waking up to the realities of racism in the UK
The article “Waking up to the realities of racism in the UK” was published in June 2020 on the website of Financial Times. The article was written by Gary Younge, a professor of sociology at the University of Manchester.
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Non-white Britons deal with racial slurs and racist assumptions
The article present statistics which suggest that “two-thirds of black Britons have had a racial slur directly used against them or had people make assumptions about their behaviour based on their race” (ll. 4-5). The statistics also reveal that the racial slurs are most often directed towards the Chinese minority, followed by people of mixed races, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Black, and Indian.
