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I've now read all 258 pages of the #RaceReport, so you don't have to.

It bats away issues of great significance and infantilizes those from ethnic minorities.

Here are my highlights/lowlights:
There are multiple bizarre attempts to underplay serious issues.

"Fear of hate crime among ethnic minorities is greater than its likelihood of occurring."

Well, yes. Just because you didn't get hit by a car on the way home doesn't mean you were wrong to look before you crossed.
On historical racism:

"We understand the idealism of these well-intentioned young people who have held on to, and amplified, this inter-generational mistrust."
"One highlight was Dizzee Rascal belting out his hit Bonkers."

I don't think that one black performer singing at the Olympics ended racism.
More on the Olympics (yes, we're still mad for London 2012):

"...there was a joyful expression of the contribution made by the Windrush Generation"

You mean, the same guys we deported? 🤔
There's a weird bit where the #RaceReport criticizes groups on focusing on "lived experiences" over "objective data."

This is the report's own lived experience and not representative of my objective data.
"There is no consensus on the meaning of fundamental words like 'racism' and 'discrimination.'"
"It is now possible for any act, including those intended to be well-meaning, to be classified as racist."

This is insulting to the point of its mere presence on the internet being a waste of our bandwidth speed.
There are repeated claims about the new generation being too sensitive to racism: "...stretching the definition of racism without objective data to support it."

What objective data would the #RaceReport accept? 🧐
"Why are black women 5x more likely to die in childbirth?"

This question is fundamental to our understanding of structural racism, and the #RaceReport dedicated a full three paragraphs to it.

It recommends "more research." 🤬

"More research needed" is the classic cop-out.
This reads like an op-ed rather than a balanced report:

"Most of us come from an older generation whose views were formed by growing up in the 1970s and 1980s. And our experience has taught us that you do not pass on the baton of progress by cleaving to a fatalistic account..."
CONCLUSION:

The 2021 #RaceReport is fatally flawed. Denying the existence of structural racism is to deny the lived experiences of millions.

Leaking headlines like "BRITAIN'S RACE REVOLUTION" in an institutionally racist tabloid tells us all credibility is shot.

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Mary Agyapong died in April 2020, leaving behind a newborn girl and a young boy.

When viewed in context, you'd have to be blindfolded to ignore the systemic issues that her case has raised. ⬇️
Mary felt "pressured to work", while she was heavily pregnant and suffering from anemia.

While she was a patient in A&E, she was discharged & we're told that "she was not too happy" with this outcome.

Pressured to stay in work as a nurse, then pressured to leave as a patient.
The inquest has raised more questions than answers.

Over 1,000 healthcare workers have died during the pandemic. Did they all catch it at Tesco? 🤔

Mary's husband described the trust's response as "disingenuous" - why was this not addressed? 🤔
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Our govt hasn't published this, so please share this thread ⬇️

As a result of our judicial review, we've brought PPE guidelines up to international standard. 👊🏾

With a new covid variant, we need to protect our frontline. ✔️

Please RT & tag NHS staff - they need to know 💙
What we have achieved, thanks to your support ⬇️

1️⃣ We have revoked the Acute Shortages Guidance, which meant that doctors were being asked to reuse masks. ✔️

2️⃣ We have created a government committee devoted to safeguarding BAME healthcare workers. ✔️3️⃣
3️⃣ A committee has been formed to investigate aerosol transmission. ✔️

Frankly, they need to move quickly and ensure that high-grade PPE is available for this contagious coronavirus variant.

It was "unprecedented" in March.

500+ health and social care workers have died since.
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