The state we’re in 10 years after the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
In February 1999 Sir William Macpherson reported to the then Home Secretary, Jack Straw, on the inquiry he led into matters arising from the murder of Stephen Lawrence almost six years earlier. The...
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The following letter was sent to Rt Hon Theresa May MP (by then, Home Secretary in David Cameron’s Cabinet), on July 4th, 2011. Dear Home Secretary, Call for a People’s Inquiry into Gun and Knife...
View ArticleOpen letter to Prime Minister David Cameron
This open letter was sent to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on August 13th, 2011. Dear Prime Minister, I write as someone whose contribution for more than four decades to the struggle for...
View ArticleRacism, tokenism and totemism: the disturbing case of Doreen Lawrence
In April this year I wrote a blog which I titled ‘To Iconize and Canonize – the State We’re In 20 Years after the Murder of Stephen Lawrence‘. In that article, I examined the process of iconizing...
View Article‘Go Home or Face Arrest’: promoting ‘community cohesion’ in ‘post racial’...
The year is 1990. The place, Hackney in East London. A man is walking along Homerton High Street accompanied by his children whom he is taking to join the public library. A builder’s truck passes by...
View ArticleThe state we’re in 10 years after the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
In February 1999 Sir William Macpherson reported to the then Home Secretary, Jack Straw, on the inquiry he led into matters arising from the murder of Stephen Lawrence almost six years earlier. The...
View ArticleLetter to Rt Hon Theresa May MP
The following letter was sent to Rt Hon Theresa May MP (by then, Home Secretary in David Cameron’s Cabinet), on July 4th, 2011. Dear Home Secretary, Call for a People’s Inquiry into Gun and Knife...
View ArticleOpen letter to Prime Minister David Cameron
This open letter was sent to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on August 13th, 2011. Dear Prime Minister, I write as someone whose contribution for more than four decades to the struggle for...
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Racism, tokenism and totemism: the disturbing case of Doreen Lawrence
Print screen from the BBC’s website (URL: http://bbc.in/19LxEAn) In April this year I wrote a blog which I titled ‘To Iconize and Canonize – the State We’re In 20 Years after the Murder of Stephen...
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‘Go Home or Face Arrest’: promoting ‘community cohesion’ in ‘post racial’...
The year is 1990. The place, Hackney in East London. A man is walking along Homerton High Street accompanied by his children whom he is taking to join the public library. A builder’s truck passes by...
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