Diane Abbott hits out at report into racism in Britain

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The report was set up in the wake of last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests across the western world. It concluded Britain is “no longer” a country “where the system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities”.

Whilst admitting “impediments and disparities do exist” it concludes they are “varied and ironically very few of them are directly to do with racism.

Instead, the report found a range of cultural, socio-economic and family-related factors were more important in determining an individuals success.

However, it was sharply criticised by those who insist Britain remains institutionally racist.

Dr Halima Begum, the Runnymede Trust’s chief executive, said she felt “deeply, massively let down” by the document.

Mr Lammy, the shadow justice secretary, tweeted: “For my own mental well-being I am not doing media interviews on the race commission today.

“Like so many in Britain’s Black community, I’m tired!

“Tired of the endless debate about whether structural racism exists with little desire to actually address it. We are being gaslighted.”

The message went viral receiving over 7,000 retweets and 40,000 likes.

Earlier Mr Lammy posted: “British people – black and white – are crying out to turn the page on racism.

“With this report, Boris Johnson is standing in their way.”

The investigation found Britain is not yet a “post-racial country” but suggested it should be seen as “a model for other white-majority
countries”.

Mr Johnson welcomed the report and said it has “implications for future government policy”.

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He added: “The entirety of government remains fully committed to building a fairer Britain and taking the action needed to address disparities wherever they exist.”

However, the document sparked outrage amongst some racial equality campaigners.

Speaking to the BBC Professor Kehinde Andrew, who teaches Black Studies at Birmingham City University, said the report is not a “genuine effort to understand racism”.

She continued: “It’s complete nonsense.

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“It goes in the face of all the actual existing evidence.

“This is not a genuine effort to understand racism in Britain.

“This is a PR move to pretend the problem doesn’t exist.”

There were large Black Lives Matter protests across British towns and cities last summer following the death of George Floyd, a black man, during an altercation with police in Minnesota.

In Bristol, protesters toppled a statue of Edward Colston, a former merchant involved in the slave trade, whilst the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square was graffitied.

The report rejects the use of ‘unconscious bias training’, which it brands divisive, and calls for extended school days to help the education of disadvantaged children recover from the pandemic.

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