UN human rights experts strongly reject the UK government-backed report into #racism & ethnic disparities, saying "the review further distorted & falsified historic facts, & could even fuel racism, racial discrimination, & negative racial stereotypes."
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“In 2021, it is stunning to read a report on race and ethnicity that repackages racist tropes and stereotypes into fact, twisting data and misapplying statistics and studies into conclusory findings and ad hominem attacks on people of African descent”.
“The report cites dubious evidence to make claims that rationalize white supremacy by using the familiar arguments that have always justified racial hierarchy."
The report attempts "to normalize white supremacy despite considerable research & evidence of institutional racism".
The report attempts "to normalize white supremacy despite considerable research & evidence of institutional racism".
“The report’s conclusion that racism is either a product of the imagination of people of African descent or of discrete, individualized incidents ignores the pervasive role that the social construction of race was designed to play in society, particularly in normalizing atrocity"
“The reality is that People of African descent continue to experience poor economic, social, and health outcomes at vastly disproportionate rates in the UK."
“While racial disparities may not always stem from racism or racial discrimination, there is also compelling evidence that the roots of these disparities lie in institutional racism & structural discrimination".
"Institutional racism, structural invisibility, & longstanding inequalities have disproportionately impacted people of African descent living in the UK."
“The suggestion that family structure, rather than institutionalized & structural discriminatory practices are the central features of the Black experience is a tone-deaf attempt at rejecting the lived realities of people of African descent & other ethnic minorities in the UK.”
"Seeking to silence the brutal role of enslavers, the mind-numbing generational wealth they accrued, and the social capital and political influence they gained from exploiting Black bodies is a deliberate attempt at historical misrepresentation.”
“We urge the government to ensure the accurate reflection of historical facts as they relate to past tragedies & atrocities, in particular slavery, the trade in enslaved Africans and colonialism.”
“The distortion and falsification of these historic facts may license further racism, the promotion of negative racial stereotypes, and racial discrimination."
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