Institute of Race Relations
Aug 22, 2024 · Abolition, internationalism and communities of resistance. 4 July 2023. Fifty years ago, the Institute of Race Relations overturned ‘race relations’ orthodoxies and set parameters for a committed anti-racism. Fifty years on, the IRR, with radical scholar activists, examined ‘New Circuits of Anti-Racism’ at a conference gathering.
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THE Institute of Race Relations (IRR) was established as an independent educational charity in 1958 to carry out research, publish and collect resources on race relations throughout the world. In 1972, the IRR’s membership backed the staff in a radical transformation of the organisation from a policy-oriented, establishment, academic institution into an anti-racist ‘thinktank’. The ...
Research - Institute of Race Relations
Research. The IRR’s reputation is built on its investigations and analyses into pressing issues of contemporary racism. These investigations in the UK have covered such areas as racism and the press, police racism, exclusions from school, deaths in custody, the plight of asylum seekers, anti-Muslim racism, the impact of anti-terrorism ...
Criminal justice system statistics - Institute of Race Relations
Sep 27, 2024 · In 2020, the adult prison population comprised 73% white, 13% black, 8% Asian, 5% of mixed ethnicity and 1% from other ethnic groups. However black people, according to the 2021 census, make up just 4% of the general population, meaning they are over three times as likely to end up in the prison population.
Articles Archive - Institute of Race Relations
Oct 29, 2024 · Lord Herman Ouseley : 24 March 1945 – 02 October 2024. Professor Gus John and Jenny Bourne of the Institute of Race Relations, with which Herman was associated for over thirty years, pay tribute to Herman as an indomitable defender of rights, champion of racial justice and, always his own man. From Professor Gus John: Deeply saddened at the ...
Ethnicity and religion statistics - Institute of Race Relations
Ethnicity. According to the Office for National Statistics, there were approximately 59.6 million people living in England and Wales in mid-2021. Of these, 48.7 million (86.0 per cent) were White British. The most recent Census in 2021 also highlights that in England and Wales, 81.7 per cent of the population were white British.
IRR concerns about the return of 'race science': full statement to …
17 October 2024. In a Guardian piece following a Guardian/ Hope Not Hate investigation into an international network of activists and academics seeking to normalise scientific racism, IRR Director Liz Fekete warns on the danger posed today by scientific racism. Here is the full statement upon which her comments are based. Black health campaigners, committed researchers and civil liberties and ...
What is institutional racism? - Institute of Race Relations
Oct 1, 1998 · Institutional racism is shown in the clear patterns of differential policing meted out on a systematic basis against black people. The whole criminal justice system then compounds those racist patterns. Black events, black areas, black meeting places are targeted for special policing. Black people are four to five times more likely to be ...
IRR50: harnessing the spirit of transformation
Mar 10, 2022 · 2022 marks the 50 th anniversary of the radical transformation of the IRR. This year, we will be celebrating our history, past, present and future with a series of events, projects and activities as part of IRR50.. The Extraordinary General Meeting of staff and members on 18 April 1972 changed the direction and relevance of the IRR, from a policy-oriented, establishment, academic institution ...