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How do we fight systemic racism when the UK government denies it exists?

The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities has given the answer Boris Johnson wanted to hear: it says the UK "should be regarded as a model for other white-majority countries". Many people who bear the brunt of racism are tired of being asked how to end it. So what do white people need to do?

How do we fight systemic racism when the UK government denies it exists?
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Halima Begum Chief executive, The Runnymede Trust
Kemi Akinola CEO/MD of Be Enriched and Brixton People's Kitchen, and councillor in Wandsworth, London
Kehinde Andrews Professor of Black Studies, Birmingham City University; chair of Harambee Organisation of Black Unity; editor-in-chief of Make It Plain; author of ‘The New Age of Empire’
Marcus Ryder Executive producer of new media, Caixin Global; visiting professor at the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity, Birmingham City University; author of ‘Access All Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond’
Chair, Nandini Archer Global commissioning editor, openDemocracy

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