Black people living in Britain are more than twice as likely to be murdered as white people, a new study has found, underscoring the widening social gap in one of the world’s most developed countries.
The study, which was released by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Thursday, also found that the UK police treated blacks unfairly and were three times as likely to arrest them.
The report, which is the biggest ever review of race equality in Britain, warned that the life chances for young people who belong to various ethnic minorities in the UK have hit their worst level over the past five years.
The research examined education, employment, housing, pay, health and criminal justice and warned about an “alarming picture” of racial inequality in the UK.
According to the study, long-term unemployment among 16- to 24-year-olds from ethnic minority communities has seen a whopping 49 percent increase since 2010. This is while the same age…