#institutional-racism

#institutional-racism

The internal review, commissioned by the Met from the consultancy HR Rewired, concluded that bias, racial stereotyping and inequity were woven through the force's recruitment, promotion and grievance processes, affecting Black staff specifically. The review's report, 30 Patterns of Harm: a Structural Review of Systemic Racism within the London Metropolitan Police Service, warned that the Met's ambition to become an anti-racist organisation was being undermined by its own internal culture.

I was astonished. Of course the paper was mine. I had an undergraduate degree in English and had spent years writing term papers. I knew how to construct theses, build arguments, footnote and cite sources. And - quite unlike my fellow students - I liked the course and had participated enthusiastically in class discussions, something the professor seemed to genuinely appreciate.

Hundreds of NHS hospital workers have voted for strike action after claims that they have lost more than 36m in pay and pension contributions over the last four years. More than 330 low-paid workers, mainly cleaners, caterers and porters, known as facilities staff, at St George's, Epsom and St Helier hospital group (GESH) are preparing to go on strike.

For six years, starting in 2007, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission travelled throughout the country, hearing testimonies from over 6,500 people who'd endured Canada's residential school system. Six thousand and five hundred people, believing in the mandate of the commission, courageously testified, thinking that, finally, they would be heard and amends would be made. It's difficult to imagine what that must have been like-reliving the abuses and indignities of what can only be described as internment facilities following a mandate of indoctrination set by the state and implemented by the Church.

Zachary Rolfe, a police officer, was found to have racist behavior that influenced his policing style, contributing to the deadly outcome of the incident involving Kumanjayi Walker.