{"id":43014,"date":"2020-06-22T19:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T19:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=43014"},"modified":"2020-06-22T19:24:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T19:24:46","slug":"most-black-people-think-britain-is-racist-place-to-live-most-white-people-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=43014","title":{"rendered":"Most Black people think Britain is racist place to live; most White people don’t"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Confronting Racism<\/p>\n

CNN poll shows what Black Britons have long known \u2013 from policing to politics, their country has failed them<\/h3>\n
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By Richard Allen Greene, CNN<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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London<\/strong> \u2014 The outpouring of pent-up frustration about racism in the United Kingdom caught many White people by surprise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Who did not think the country had made big strides towards tolerance and equal opportunity over the past few decades?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Who was concerned that statues of slave traders still stood in towns and cities across the union?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Who questioned whether Black Lives Matter in Britain?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The answer: Many, many Black people, whose views of race and racism in the UK are profoundly different from those of most White people, according to a sweeping and exclusive new CNN\/Savanta ComRes poll.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Black people are at least twice as likely as White people to say there is discrimination in British policing and media; three times as likely to think the country has done far too little to address historic racial injustice; and significantly more likely to believe that the country\u2019s governing Conservative Party is institutionally racist.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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CNN and Savanta ComRes surveyed 1,535 British adults aged 18 and up online from June 12-14, including at least 500 Black and other ethnic minority respondents. The margin of error on the full sample is \u00b1 2.5 percentage points.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Half of Black Britons say police have not treated them with respect<\/h2>\n
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\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlack respondents\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhite respondents\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I have not been treated with respect by the police<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Friends or family have not been treated with respect by the police<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I have been stopped and searched by the police<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Black in this survey refers to those who identify as Black or Mixed\/Black African or Mixed\/Black Caribbean.
BAME is a term used by UK institutions for Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in Britain. <\/p>\n

Online survey conducted by CNN\/Savanta ComRes between June 12 and 14, 2020. Margin of error for \u201call respondents\u201d is \u00b12.5 percentage points. For \u201cBlack,\u201d it is \u00b18.2 points. For \u201cWhite,\u201d it is \u00b13.1 points. For \u201cBAME,\u201d it is \u00b14.3 points. For \u201cBAME excl. Black,\u201d it is \u00b15.1 points.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSource: CNN\/Savanta ComRes\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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On policing, it\u2019s not simply a matter of perceptions. Black and White people report significantly different personal experiences with law enforcement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Black people are twice as likely as White people to say they personally have not been treated with respect by police, with half (49%) of Black people and a quarter (26%) of White people indicating that experience.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Black people are also twice as likely to say a friend or family member has not been treated with respect by police: Six in 10 (59%) Black people said so, compared to three in 10 (31%) White people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Black Britons twice as likely to say police are institutionally racist<\/h2>\n
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\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlack respondents\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhite respondents\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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British police are institutionally racist<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I would be treated with respect if I were stopped by the police<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Officers are properly held to account for deaths in police custody<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSource: CNN\/Savanta ComRes\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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And Black people are twice as likely as White people to say British police are institutionally racist — but even among White people, just over a quarter of people believe it: 27% of White people said so, while 54% of Black people did.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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In reponse to Black Lives Matter protests in the UK, the National Police Chiefs\u2019 Council said last week it would \u201cdevelop a plan of action looking at issues of diversity and inclusion and concerns about racial inequalities in policing and the criminal justice system, and consult on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The NPCC referred CNN to that statement in reponse to questions about our poll findings. The Metropolitan Police, which covers the greater London area, declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Black Britons twice as likely to find statues of slave traders or colonizers offensive<\/h2>\n
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\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlack respondents\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhite respondents\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I find statues depicting people involved in the slave trade or colonization offensive<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I understand why some people find them offensive<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I support the removal of statues of people involved in the slave trade or colonization by protesters<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I support the removal of statues of people involved in the slave trade or colonization by authorities<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Black history is taught too little in schools<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the whole, the British Empire was a good thing<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSource: CNN\/Savanta ComRes\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The tearing down of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston\u2019s statue in Bristol earlier this month was among the most dramatic images to come out of Britain as Black Lives Matter protests radiated from the United States to countries around the world after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Long a source of local controversy, suddenly the monument — and others like it, from London to Oxford to Poole — became the focus of national debate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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CNN\u2019s poll found Black people are more than twice as likely as White people to say they are offended by statues of people who were involved in the slave trade or colonization: Two-thirds (66%) of Black people said so, while only about a third (30%) of White people did.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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And Black people are about twice as likely as White people to support the taking down of such statues, either by demonstrators or by the authorities. Six out of 10 (60%) Black people support their removal by protesters, while just under three in 10 (28%) White people do. Support is incrementally higher among both groups for authorities removing the statues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Even on the question of whether respondents understand why other people might be offended by such monuments, Black people are notably more likely to say they empathize: More than 8 out of 10 (81%) Black people said they understood why others would feel that way, compared to just under two-thirds (64%) of White people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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But the differences between White and Black perceptions of life in Britain go far beyond policing and symbols of historic oppression.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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It\u2019s there in film and television.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Black people are more than twice as likely as White people to say there is too little representation of Black people in the media: Two-thirds (67%) of Black people indicate that, compared to a quarter (27%) of White people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Two-thirds of Black Britons say Black people are under-represented on TV and in films<\/h2>\n
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\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlack respondents\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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There is too little representation of Black people in films and television<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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There is too much representation of Black people in films and television<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Black celebrities are treated worse than White celebrities by the media in the UK<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I support the TV show “Little Britain” and others being removed from streaming services for using blackface<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I support the film “Gone with the Wind” being removed from HBO Max for its depiction of slavery<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

HBO Max, like CNN, is owned by WarnerMedia<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSource: CNN\/Savanta ComRes\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Drilling down on that finding, nearly half (44%) of White people said there was about the right amount of representation of Black people in film and television. Only one in six (17%) Black people agreed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Black people are more than twice as likely as White people to support the removal from streaming services of TV shows that use blackface, as the BBC did this month with the comedy \u201cLittle Britain.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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And Black people are three times more likely than White people to say Black celebrities are treated worse than White counterparts by the media — a frequent topic of debate around Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, who is mixed race.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Half (50%) of White people say Black celebrities are treated no better or worse by the media than White ones, while only one in five (21%) Black people say that. Roughly half (48%) of Black people say Black celebrities are treated worse than their White counterparts, compared to only 16% of White people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Most Black Britons say BAME people have less opportunity to succeed professionally than White people<\/h2>\n
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BAME people have less opportunity to succeed professionally than White people in the UK<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Employers are doing too little to promote BAME employees<\/h3>\n
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Black<\/p>\n

White<\/p>\n

BAME<\/p>\n

BAME excl. Black<\/p>\n

All respondents<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSource: CNN\/Savanta ComRes\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Anti-racism activist Nova Reid said CNN\u2019s findings show something that Black people have long known about perceptions of racism in Britain.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe are coming from completely different starting points — we as in Black people. We have had racism brought to our doorstep. Children didn\u2019t want to play with us because they thought we look like feces. It has been part of the lingo and the dialogue in our families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Well-meaning White efforts to ignore race can actually make racism harder to fight, Reid said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cLots of my White peers have been taught \u2018not to see color.\u2019 It has the opposite effect. They become unsophisticated and unable to see discrimination,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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She said a British unwillingness to talk about racism makes it worse, citing the example of Doreen Lawrence, who has been campaigning for racial justice since her teenage son Stephen was murdered by White youths in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lawrence has argued that race played a role in the Grenfell Tower fire in London three years ago, which killed 72 people. Black and other ethnic minority people suffered disproportionately in the high-rise blaze.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cBaroness Lawrence spoke up about Grenfell and the lack of outcome and the lack of change, and she said a lot of it is down to institutionalized racism\u201d and has been attacked for it, Reid said. \u201cWe have an unhealthy culture in the UK that calling out racism is more offensive than racism itself, but she is speaking the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe have an unhealthy culture in the UK that calling out racism is more offensive than racism itself.\u201d<\/p>\n