Thread by @AmreenQureshi_

The #RaceReport released today is disappointing at its best and offensive at its worst.

👎🏽 No mentions of the links between migration and race

👎🏽 Downplays the prevalence of structural racism in our society

👎🏽 Minimises the links between race and other inequalities

📢 Our immigration system has problems of institutionalised racism, but this wasn’t mentioned. There is a lack of reflection on how UK Gov depts (like the Home Office) can also perpetuate discriminatory policies. See: Hostile Environment ⤵️

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📢 Covid has run along racial lines, there is clear evidence of that. To label the link between health and race a “pessimistic narrative” is concerning, and dismisses the high death rates we have seen in minority ethnic communities in the last year bit.ly/3ftDhL3

To attribute the issues of race disparities to “family breakdowns” rather than structures in place in our society is dismissive and offensive. Individuals and communities can’t “fix racism” if they live in a society where structures and institutions simply do not favour them. 👎🏽

Strong policy making requires intersectional policy making. That means:

👍🏽 NOT pitting groups and issues against each other

👍🏽 PROPERLY considering how health, wealth, gender, class and other factors intersect with race.

👍🏽 Prioritising evidence based policy over ideology