Institute of Race Relations
Aug 22, 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,…
About - Institute of Race Relations
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 ...
Criminal justice system statistics - Institute of Race Relations
Sep 27, 2024 · Statistics in context Last updated: 27 September 2024. What the evidence below shows is that a significantly disproportionate number of people from certain racialised communities are affected by police operations and practices such as stop and search and racial profiling (the use of race, ethnicity, religion or national identity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offence).
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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.
Ethnicity and religion statistics - Institute of Race Relations
These statistics have been taken from the 2021 Census which uses a standardised list of 19 ethnic groups which slightly differs from the 2011 Census ethnic groups in that the ‘Roma’ group was added under the ‘white’ ethnic group, and people could write their own response under the ‘black African’ ethnic group. Ethnicity. According to the Office for National Statistics, there were ...
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 …
What is institutional racism? - Institute of Race Relations
Oct 1, 1998 · Institutional racism is that which, covertly or overtly, resides in the policies, procedures, operations and culture of public or private institutions – reinforcing individual prejudices and being reinforced by them in turn. Why do we need to distinguish institutional racism from individual racism? The problem is that individual racial attitudes and stereotyping have often beenRead 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 ...
Racial violence and hate crime - Institute of Race Relations
Every day on the streets of the UK, in playgrounds, classrooms, shops, at work, on public transport, black and minority ethnic people are racially harassed. This can take any form, from a racist tweet on social media to a physical attack. For …
Articles Archive - Institute of Race Relations
Oct 2, 2024 · Francesca Humi, organiser and writer and former coordinator of the Crossborder Forum, asks what has changed in migration and border policies in Britain and France since the electoral change. Britain and France: electoral change This summer has brought about major electoral change in the UK and ...