Revealed: BBC Symphony Orchestra held a panicked meeting over fears it was ‘institutionally racist’ just weeks before the Last Night of the Proms row An emergency action plan was brought in to tackle so-called ‘unconscious bias’ It forged links with first professional orchestra made of mainly black musicians One insider described the move as a … Read more
Revealed: BBC Symphony Orchestra held a panicked meeting over fears it was ‘institutionally racist’ just weeks before the Last Night of the Proms row An emergency action plan was brought in to tackle so-called ‘unconscious bias’ It forged links with first professional orchestra made of mainly black musicians One insider described the move as a … Read more
The father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has said UK policing is still ‘institutionally racist’ and black people are ‘treated as second-class citizens’. Neville Lawrence, 78, also praised the tearing down of statues such as that of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol during the mass protests triggered by the death of George Floyd in … Read more
The father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has said UK policing is still ‘institutionally racist’ and black people are ‘treated as second-class citizens’. Neville Lawrence, 78, also praised the tearing down of statues such as that of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol during the mass protests triggered by the death of George Floyd in … Read more