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Sep 3, 2024 · The July 2024 issue of Race & Class includes several articles which use past struggles to reread the present. In a thought-provoking article, Natasha Carver (University of Bristol) sheds light on the contours of the present-day narrative of ‘Female Genital Mutilation’, by analysing how, in the heyday of empire,…
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The Institute of Race Relations is at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that inform the struggle for racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally.
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THE Institute of Race Relations (IRR) was established as an independent educational charity in 1958 to carry out research, publish and collect resources on race relations throughout the world. In 1972, the IRR’s membership backed the staff in a radical transformation of the organisation from a policy-oriented, establishment, academic institution into an anti-racist ‘thinktank’. The ...
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (7 – 21 January 2025)
4 days ago · ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY. 8 January: Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch is urged to sack her shadow justice minister Robert Jenrick after his X post that ‘immigrants with alien cultures have medieval attitudes to women’.(Independent, 8 January 2025)14 January: Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch says that grooming gangs are made up of ‘peasants’ from ‘sub ...
Why we must challenge divisive ‘grooming gangs’ narratives
3 days ago · 7 – 21 January 2025. Less than six months after the far-right orchestrated racist riots that targeted asylum accommodation and mosques, comes a new bout of dog-whistle Islamophobia, fomented by Elon Musk who reposted forty tweets on the UK’s child sexual exploitation and ‘grooming gangs’ in 24 hours, also calling for the release of jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
Research - Institute of Race Relations
The IRR’s reputation is built on its investigations and analyses into pressing issues of contemporary racism. These investigations in the UK have covered such areas as racism and the press, police racism, exclusions from school, deaths in custody, the plight of asylum seekers, anti-Muslim racism, the impact of anti-terrorism legislation, attacks on …
BME statistics on poverty and deprivation - Institute of Race …
Last updated: 25 April 2024. These pages include information on social security, free school meals, housing, employment, unemployment and debt. Reliable statistics on poverty (not having enough money to get by) and deprivation (a general lack of resources and opportunities) broken down by ethnicity are often hard to come by.
Educational Resources - Institute of Race Relations
Racism The IRR has produced a series of key print and multi-media publications on aspects of racism which are suitable for use in formal and informal educational settings. Some of these are available to purchase, others are produced as free downloads from this site. In addition, teachers and students are referred to the definitions ,Read More...
IRR50: harnessing the spirit of transformation
Mar 10, 2022 · 2022 marks the 50 th anniversary of the radical transformation of the IRR. This year, we will be celebrating our history, past, present and future with a series of events, projects and activities as part of IRR50.. The Extraordinary General Meeting of staff and members on 18 April 1972 changed the direction and relevance of the IRR, from a policy-oriented, establishment, academic institution ...