Public and private actors have played dangerous roles in fuelling intolerance. Among them, politicians and media outlets deserve special attention gi… - E. Tendayi Achiume

The harsh reality is race, ethnicity, religion gender, disability status and related categories all continue to determine the life chances and wellbeing of people in Britain in ways that are unacceptable and in many cases unlawful.

Crises like the coronavirus pandemic remind us that we are all connected and that our well-being is interdependent.

The UK’s immigration enforcement strategy relies on private citizens and civil servants to do frontline immigration enforcement, effectively transforming places like hospitals, banks and private residences into border checkpoints. In a broader context of national anti-immigrant anxiety, the predictable result of the UK government’s immigration policy and enforcement is racial discrimination and radicalised exclusion. The Windrush scandal is a glaring example.