race and racism

City

Learning the legal hustle

Bristol-based project Street2Boardroom is ready to shake up the street and business worlds, but challenges lie ahead. “We can’t live in a society where people...

Jack Newcombe

Voices

Voices: My community doesn’t need a Somali word for autism

Autism cuts across all communities – understanding it is crucial. I am the Somali parent of an autistic child.

Said Hussein

Opinion

Voice: A Bristol guide to racist Halloween costumes

“If I can dress up as Captain America why can’t I be an ‘Arab’ or an ‘Indian’? And how dare you offend me by being...

Koel Mukherjee
Koel Mukherjee

Voices

“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
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 Lorna Stephenson
Koel Mukherjee and Lorna Stephenson

Investigations

Immigration stops

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

Data suggests racial profiling in 11 major UK cities.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
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
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
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
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