race and racism

Edition 41

Bristol: City of Sanctuary?

Bristol became a City of Sanctuary in 2012 — a promise to welcome those fleeing persecution. But has it lived up to that pledge? Historian Colin Thomas looks back

Colin Thomas

Hope Is Around The Corner

When we’re deported, will mum be allowed to visit?

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Edition 41

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A year ago, Bristol showed up to resist racist, anti-migrant hatred. But the fight’s not over

Adam Quarshie Sean Morrison
Adam Quarshie and Sean Morrison

Hope Is Around The Corner

Indiana Jones would want me to punch Nazis

After the race riots last summer, Nikesh recalls heading into Castle Park looking for a fight. An out of character response he’s been trying to make sense of ever since.

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla
This image features the logo and title for Bristol Unpacked, a podcast presented by The Bristol Cable. It includes stylized illustrations of host Neil Maggs and this week's guest, Rizwan Ahmed of Bristol Muslim Cultural Society in yellow circles against a grey abstract background.

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked – mythbusting Islam and Islamophobia with Rizwan Ahmed

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Alex Turner, Neil Maggs and George Colwey
Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Callouts

Callout: Tell us how you feel after last summer’s racist violence in Bristol

It’s been almost a year since the worst racist rioting in generations swept across the UK. Dozens of cities in England and Northern Ireland saw...

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Siddhartha Kurapati
Siddhartha Kurapati

Cable Community News

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Editorial: Why the Cable will be shining a light on child imprisonment

The Cable's investigations lead introduces our new long-term reporting strategy that puts impact at its heart – starting with a deep-dive on child prisons and exclusion from society.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

No to Section 60

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Humiliation, trauma and mistrust: why we must scrap Section 60

The founder member of police accountability group Bristol Copwatch explains why the Avon and Somerset force must stop running racist and ineffective suspicionless stop-and-search operations.

John Pegram
John Pegram

The Big Story

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Enduring trauma, and a struggle for justice: one year on from the Barton House high-rise evacuation

On 14 November 2023 an east Bristol tower block was evacuated over fears it could collapse, making national news. A year on, residents tell the Cable about the disruption to their lives, the ongoing impact on their wellbeing and their children's – and how a community has been left traumatised.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

The Debrief

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Listen: The Debrief – what a leaked police report revealed about racial inequalities in stop-and-search

A report leaked to the Cable showed the shocking fact that Black people are 25 times likelier to be strip-searched than white peers. Sean Morrison and Priyanka Raval ask what the findings say about police institutional racism.

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Sean Morrison, Priyanka Raval and George Colwey

Podcasts

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Listen: People Just Do Something, with Jendayi Serwah on what reparations are and what real progress would look like

Reparations campaigner Jendayi Serwah explains what the term means, how it differs from other racial justice movements and how grassroots organisations are pushing for real change.

Priyanka Raval George Colwey
Priyanka Raval, Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and George Colwey
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