The PM’s most senior black aide has quit amid a huge backlash at a ‘culturally deaf’ race report. Samuel Kasumu, who advised Boris Johnson on ethnic minorities is understood to have handed in his resignation after long-running tensions. The news emerged after the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities published a controversial study on inequality … Read more
Ethnic minorities could be prioritised for coronavirus tests as part of Number 10’s plans to move hotspot areas out of Tier 3 restrictions through regular swabbing. Under the new scheme – which starts when the national lockdown ends – councils will be entitled to target specific groups for regular, asymptomatic testing. People may be selected … Read more
BBC bosses want 20 per cent of guests to be from ethnic minorities as they introduce voluntary scheme for producers to hit the target BBC is introducing a voluntary scheme for show bosses to hit diversity targets Many popular and prominent programmes are expected to sign up to scheme The BBC also announced a new ‘focus … Read more
Minority children and young adults account for an overwhelming majority of coronavirus deaths among Americans under 21, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report reveals. Although children and young people have not been hit as hard by he virus, disparities seen in older adults are even more exaggerated in the fatality risks … Read more
REVEALED: 87% of meat and poultry plant workers who were infected with coronavirus were minorities, CDC report finds More than 16,000 meat and poultry processing facility workers have tested positive for coronavirus Of the nearly 10,000 workers for whom racial and ethnic information were reported, 87% were minorities Five times as many Hispanic employees were … Read more
Now RECIPES are reviewed for ‘cultural insensitivity’ over claims chefs are ‘appropriating dishes’ from ethnic minorities without properly crediting them Two food publications have been accused of not crediting ethnic minority dishes Bon Appétit’s Alison Roman received criticism for her Indian/Caribbean curry Ms Roman’s #TheStrew recipe did not state where the dish originated from ‘BBC … Read more
Doctors have said there is a ‘crisis of confidence’ in Public Health England following a ‘profoundly disappointing’ report on how coronavirus hits ethnic minorities harder. More than 30 ethnic minority doctors’ groups joined the doctors’ union in signing a letter saying they were ‘aghast’ at the research, which has come under criticism for lacking substance. … Read more