A UK government body calls for urgent action to tackle race inequality as a new study shows the situation has worsened in Britain over the past five years.
According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which has done an extensive study of race in Britain, has demanded action from the government to combat rising racial issues.
The report, released Wednesday night, stated life opportunities for young people from minority backgrounds – especially young black people – “have got much worse over the past five years, and are at the most challenging for generations.”
Race is the motive in 82 percent of hate crimes recorded in England and Wales, it said, adding, murder rates of blacks are much higher and they are still “hugely under-represented” in positions of power.
In comparison with white people, blacks are twice more likely to be murdered in England and Wales. They are also three times more likely to be prosecuted and…