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race and racism

“Beautiful, ordinary people”: Capturing Brexit on film

Ahead of Bristol Radical Film Festival, the Cable spoke to director Timothy George Kelly about his ‘state of the nation’ documentary, Brexitannia.

Lorna Stephenson

Bristol and Beyond

A never-ending journey

What can history teach us about how we got here and where we go next? The Journey to Justice project aims to find out by...

Koel Mukherjee and Lorna Stephenson

Investigations

Brits most ‘stopped and checked’ for immigration crimes they can’t commit

Data suggests racial profiling in 11 major UK cities.

Adam Cantwell-Corn

Features

David Olusoga: Not the “angry black guy on television”

The Bristol-based celebrity historian talks about why he challenges the white-washing of British history… and the “pretty weird” relationship the city has with Edward Colston.

Koel Mukherjee

People's History

Bringing the fight against apartheid to Bristol

Remembering Ron Press, the white South African dissident who became a leading light in Bristol activism.

Colin Thomas

City

‘Rovers against racism’ – but is that enough?

Bristol Rovers just had their most successful season for 17 years, but barely any BAME fans saw them do it live.

Jack Newcombe and Maff Tucker

Features

Bijan Ebrahimi’s nephew: “We all let my uncle down, we must all fight a racist system”

Davood Khayatain talks about institutional racism, media prejudice, and how Bijan's death has influenced his activism.

Koel Mukherjee

Bristol and Beyond

Disenchanted BME voters could swing general election

In this tightly fought snap election, the Black Minority Ethnic (BME) vote could be a determinant winning factor, writes Abdi Mohamed.

Abdi Mohamed

Voices

Suffering in silence: mental health in Black communities

Why do we have a culture of silence around mental health, and how do we end it?

Shaun Clarke

Ideas and Action

Discontent, despair and anger: responses to the Tasering of Ras Judah Adunbi

Desmond Brown encountered strong feelings when he asked local people to respond to the Tasering of Ras Judah, a 63-year-old black race relations adviser in Easton.