This is a joint statement to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, by Black South West Network (BSWN) and Bristol’s Commission on Race Equality (CoRE).
BSWN Statement on the Second Lockdown
Housing in 2020: through the lens of Racial Justice
Sunday 14th June marked the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington, London, which caused 72 deaths and more than 70 injuries. Despite the campaigning in the wake of the tragedy, why do Black and Asian descent people still fall so far behind in basic human rights such as housing?
Youth Day 2020
This is not Legacy, it's Economics
“Britain is littered with the romantic glorification of a repugnant past. From John Cabot to Cecil Rhodes. Their ‘philanthropism’ has statues memorialising them as well as streets and schools named in their honour. “ Read our blog about the impact of colonisation and its legacy on economic inclusion in Bristol.
The Long Walk to Freedom Continues…
Today South Africa celebrates Freedom Day – an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections on the 27th April 1994 which marks the end of centuries of colonialism, segregation and white minority rule. Freedom should mean emancipation from poverty, unemployment, racism and any other forms of discrimination, but 26 years into the new democracy and these issues are still rife.