Dr Tony Sewell, chairman of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (Cred), was reportedly due to receive the honour. But the University of Nottingham changed its decision.
Nottingham University withdrew the offer after Dr Sewell wrote a controversial report for the Government which concluded there was no evidence that the UK was institutionally racist.
Stand up to Racism North East said: Today is the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. We stand in solidarity with George Floyd’s family, friends and the international movement for #blacklivesmatter And we continue to fight for justice for those in the UK Join us today at 6pm #TakeTheKnee wherever you are or join us at 6pm across the North East. The killing of the African American man by a white police officer reignited the debate on the use of stop and search by British law enforcement, amid concerns people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds were being disproportionately targeted.
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George Floyd transformando la justicia (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Half of Black people in Britain (49 per cent) think race relations have stayed the same since George Floyd’s murder last year which sparked a resurgence in Black Lives Matter protests, an exclusive YouGov poll suggests.
The survey indicated that some 42 per cent of all ethnic minority groups are of this opinion and 45 per cent of respondents to a national representative survey, of predominantly white people, held this view.
The vast majority of Black respondents (91 per cent) who believe there have been improvements in race relations in the past 12 months said it had quicker than it previously had.