Jesse Jackson: racial profiling is not a hallmark of an enlightened society

 

Rev Jesse Jackson

 

Friend of OBV Reverend Jesse in an article in yesterday’s Guardian Comment is Free, spoke of the continued abuse of stop and search powers by Police, still overwhelmingly plaguing Black individuals and communities.

Jackson also said that Britain’s moral authority risked being damaged as a result.

Asian man’s jaw broken in racially motivated attack in Rochdale

Police calling for 'good Samaritan' to come forward

Reports from a leading Manchester newspaper have confirmed that a 27 year old Asian man was repeatedly kicked in the face by a group of up to eight youths who hurled racist abuse at the victim while they attacked him breaking his jaw. The attack happened in broad daylight in Church Street Rochdale on Monday.

Anti-Muslim remarks writer dishonoured

Peretz - condemned over anti-Muslim comments

A prominent American columnist and former university professor has drawn strong criticism ahead of plans to honour him – by naming a social studies chair after him at Harvard.

Martin Peretz who is a also a former professor from Harvard, and who is well known for his regular columns in The New Republic, wrote earlier this month that Muslims in the U.S. should not be entitled to constitutional guarantees of free speech.

Holocaust denier causes outrage over plans for WW2 Nazi death camps visit

Irving - Holocaust denier

David Irving, who was jailed in Austria for denying the Holocaust, has caused outrage among Jewish and anti racist groups as a result of his plans to start a tour of World War II sites, including the former Treblinka death camp in Poland.

Economic downturn and fears over immigration fuel racism in Sweden

Aakesson - accepting neo Nazi support

As with many other countries throughout Europe the trend of resurgent right wing extremism in the form of new fringe parties infecting the mainstream body politic, as in France, continues to reaffirm the historical fact that during times of economic decline Europe’s minorities suffer and racism rises.

Curb racism against Scottish travelling community

McPhee - highlighting racism

Human rights organisation Amnesty International this week condemned the racism that the travelling community suffers on a daily basis throughout Scotland.

In an article published by the Herald, Scotland, Roma communities explain the discrimination they face.

Everyday stories from post racial Britain

Britain in the 20th Century

Violent racism still plagues our communities. Will cuts to police budgets mean that investigations into racist attacks lose its priority as the police struggle to manage their budgets?

Violent racism in the UK is mistakenly thought to be a thing of the past. The reality is of course quite different and the effect of racism on its victims can leave them both degraded and severely distressed.

Demands for inquiry after new police restraint death

Olaseni Lewis

The family of a Kingston University student who died less than weeks ago at a psychiatric hospital in Beckenham has called for the IPCC to investigate the circumstances into his death.

Olaseni Lewis 23 from South Norwood, who was studying to receive a Masters degree in IT and business management at Kingston University, was accompanied to the hospital by his family after they became concerned he was “behaving strangely, alternating between calm and agitated phases”.

Former minister in court on inciting racial hatred charge

Philip Woolas in court

Philip Woolas has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham East and Saddleworth since 1997, and was the Minister of State for Borders and Immigration in the Home Office, as well as being the Minister of State for the Treasury.

Dior Chinese models ‘racism’ row continues on internet

Dior: attacked over racism

French designer Christian Dior is being heavily criticised for photographs using Chinese extras and a prominent white model standing out in clothed in Dior.

The pictures are rumored not to be part of the official Dior campaign and were taken by a Chinese photographer, but Dior is still being attacked by many on the internet with some saying that the inference of the shots are that all Chinese people look alike and that white women are the beauty standard to which women of all other races must aspire

Independent report: Schools still failing to tackle racism

Webster - victim of racist attack

British schools are failing to implement recommendations of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry some 10 years since the report was published.

A Swindon school where a boy was brutally attacked with a hammer simply failed to recognise or properly record a series of violent racist incidents prior to the most serious assault taking place. Race equality campaigners have long complained that British schools are failing to implement important recommendations from the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.

FIFA ignores Russian racism as they assess World Cup bid

Racist Russian football fans

Russia has defended itself against the accusation that it has failed to tackle serious racism in football and wider society.

Recent controversy in a league game where Lokomotiv Moscow fans celebrated Nigerian Peter Odemwingie’s sale in the transfer window with a banner showing a banana and the message: “Thanks West Brom” have raised further concerns about racism in Russia.

Six drowned spark black swimming debate

Drowning - grief in local community

Six African-American teenagers drowned in a single tragic incident in the United States Louisiana last month.

The tragedy has prompted many questions about the widely held perception about why many Black people have not learned to swim. The BBC recently explored this subject.

US pastors incendiary book burning call

Qur'an - under attack

In a country of more than 300 million citizens, it is incredible how one extremist with a following of no more than fifty people can not only make the national, and international headlines, but with his intended actions almost certainly cause a violent response, and possibly even deaths.

The Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, swiftly condemned the call by ‘gun toting’, Rev Terry Jones of Gainsville, Florida  to hold a book burning day on the Holy Qur’an on the anniversary of Sept 11th.

Morrissey & why celebrity status must not blind us to racism

Morrissey: celebrity is no excuse

Morrissey has outrageously described Chinese people as a “subspecies” when commenting in the Guardian about their track record on animal welfare.

The former Smiths front man, an advocate of animal rights and a vegetarian, made the comment to the Guardian, describing the population’s attitude to animal rights as “horrific”.

Channel 4 exposes foreign diplomats abusing immunity to enslave vulnerable African and Asians

Mende Nazer

There are times when a classic piece of television has the power to move you to tears.  Channel 4’s excellent attempt to dramatise the graphic and nightmarish story of Mende Nazer who was kidnapped from her homeland in the Sudenese Nubian mountainsand sold in into Arab slavery in Khartoum and then a domestic slave to the Sudanese diplomat Abdel al Koronky, did just that.

Australia condemned by UN as “new apartheid” nation

Racial descrimination

Australia the “new apartheid ‘ nation attracts UN condemnation for failing
to tackle racism.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and the
UN Race Discrimination Commissioner says the next Australian government must
amend the constitution to make it impossible to suspend the Racial Discrimination
Act.