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"Only a third of the recommendations from major reports commissioned to tackle
endemic racism in the UK over the past 40 years have actually been implemented,
a
Guardian investigation has found.
The
Guardian’s analysis – published ahead of the fifth anniversary of the
Black Lives Matter protests – has led experts involved in some of those
inquiries to demand the government break the “doom loop” of inaction.
In the face of rightwing backlash against equalities work, they urged ministers
to act on the hundreds of recommendations that have been ignored.
The
Guardian analysed 12 reports into racial inequalities commissioned by
ministers since 1981, often in response to scandals and unrest – such as the
murder of Stephen Lawrence and the Windrush scandal.
Of the nearly 600 recommendations – which span education, business, health, the
criminal justice system, and community cohesion –
Guardian analysis found
that fewer than a third had been fully actioned, and that progress on others
had been reversed or significantly eroded during years of government austerity
policies.
Just under a third of recommendations were not implemented at all. The
remainder were either only partly implemented, often in symbolic, limited or
inconsistent ways, or were too vague or difficult to measure.
Labour MPs said the UK was trapped in “a performative cycle”, where a crisis
prompted a report to be commissioned to “diffuse anger” and its recommendations
were later quietly shelved."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
