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Last modified on Thu 6 May 2021 03.37 EDT Fifty years ago, as the Guardian marked its 150th birthday, the then editor, Alastair Hetherington, reflected on the changes he had seen since he joined the paper 21 years earlier. Intriguingly, he singled out social forces striving to upset “racial harmony”, and promised resistance. But in the same 1971 edition, a gallery of images of the senior staff showed how far the paper had to go. All men. All white. In its first 150 years, the number of journalists of colour employed by the paper could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Unsurprisingly for a 200-year-old institution, the Guardian has not always got it right in terms of race coverage. An early article from 1823 regretted the “cruelty and injustice of negro slavery”, but also noted that “amongst all the obvious disadvantages of slave labour, there is none more striking than its tendency to deteriorate the soil”. That set the tone for decades of coverage tha ....
Universities are institutionally racist, says vice-chancellor Professor David Richardson, chair of Universities UK’s advisory group on stamping out racial harassment on campuses and vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia, said there was evidence of systemic issues that disproportionally affect students from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, writes Aamna Mohdin for The Guardian. Speaking on BBC Three’s documentary ‘Is Uni Racist?’, he said: “There’s mixed experiences, but many aren’t good. There is a lot of evidence that points towards universities perpetuating systemic racism, being institutionally racist and I have acknowledged that on behalf of the sector. Institutional racism is when there are systemic issues that are impacting disproportionally on particular members of your community, which need to be dismantled.” ....
The Guardian @ 200: A history of intersectional feminism theguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Last modified on Tue 6 Apr 2021 01.37 EDT Top story: ‘Divisive’ plan, say some Tory MPs Hello, Warren Murray with you again on the other side of the chocolate egg mountain. Keir Starmer is likely to oppose Covid status certificates, the Guardian has been told, as Boris Johnson promised they would not be introduced earlier than mid-May. A senior Labour source said ministers had not adequately explained how it would work, its purpose and the cost to the taxpayer. Forty Tory MPs have pledged to oppose certificates as “divisive and discriminatory”, potentially wiping out the government’s majority. Under the scheme, only people who can prove they have had a coronavirus vaccine, a recent negative test, or antibodies from an infection in the last six months would be allowed into some settings such as theatres and sports stadiums. Starmer has said he thinks the idea runs against British instinct. ....