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Sep 3, 2024 · The July 2024 issue of Race & Class includes several articles which use past struggles to reread the present. In a thought-provoking article, Natasha Carver (University of Bristol) sheds light on the contours of the present-day narrative of ‘Female Genital Mutilation’, by analysing how, in the heyday of empire,…
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THE Institute of Race Relations (IRR) was established as an independent educational charity in 1958 to carry out research, publish and collect resources on race relations throughout the world. In 1972, the IRR’s membership backed the staff in a radical transformation of the organisation from a policy-oriented, establishment, academic institution into an anti-racist ‘thinktank’. The ...
Research - Institute of Race Relations
The IRR’s reputation is built on its investigations and analyses into pressing issues of contemporary racism. These investigations in the UK have covered such areas as racism and the press, police racism, exclusions from school, deaths in custody, the plight of asylum seekers, anti-Muslim racism, the impact of anti-terrorism legislation, attacks on …
BME statistics on poverty and deprivation - Institute of Race …
Last updated: 25 April 2024. These pages include information on social security, free school meals, housing, employment, unemployment and debt. Reliable statistics on poverty (not having enough money to get by) and deprivation (a general lack of resources and opportunities) broken down by ethnicity are often hard to come by.
Why we must challenge divisive ‘grooming gangs’ narratives
2 days ago · 7 – 21 January 2025. Less than six months after the far-right orchestrated racist riots that targeted asylum accommodation and mosques, comes a new bout of dog-whistle Islamophobia, fomented by Elon Musk who reposted forty tweets on the UK’s child sexual exploitation and ‘grooming gangs’ in 24 hours, also calling for the release of jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
IRR50: harnessing the spirit of transformation
Mar 10, 2022 · 2022 marks the 50 th anniversary of the radical transformation of the IRR. This year, we will be celebrating our history, past, present and future with a series of events, projects and activities as part of IRR50.. The Extraordinary General Meeting of staff and members on 18 April 1972 changed the direction and relevance of the IRR, from a policy-oriented, establishment, academic institution ...
Citizenship: from right to privilege - Institute of Race Relations
Sep 11, 2022 · Citizenship-stripping powers introduced since 2002 have enshrined a ‘second-class citizenship’ in the UK, mainly affecting British Muslims, says a new report from the Institute of Race Relations.
Watch and listen: IRR50 New circuits of anti-racism with Surviving ...
May 4, 2023 · Last year marked the 50 th anniversary of the radical transformation of the IRR. To celebrate our history, past, present and future we created a series of events, projects and activities as part of IRR50.. The IRR was proud to present New Circuits of Anti-racism – an IRR50 conference on racism, imperialism and new lines of resistance.
IRR: Sewell report seeks to sideline structural factors attached to ...
Mar 31, 2021 · The IRR responds to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report. From what we have seen, both the findings and the recommendations of the government-commissioned Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report fit neatly with the government’s attempts, post-Brexit, to portray the British nation as a beacon of good race relations and a diversity model, in the report’s words, for ...
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