Overwhelming demand for more Windrush history – poll by Vic Motune
Research from British Future finds public want more action from government to tackle systemic racism in society
It also examines what people know and feel about the Windrush, and how we should commemorate its 75th anniversary on June 22.Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future, told: “I think the Windrush generation is incredibly important in the British history of race. “They were surprised to find that their British identity wasn’t really being taught in schools in London or Birmingham for example, as perhaps it was in Jamaica and that was a great disappointment.”
When asked about racial discrimination in countries such as the USA, Germany, and France compared to Britain, 80% of those questioned said that Britain was a better place to live for minority communities. Concerns about the lack of progress in race equality were highlighted by the Windrush Scandal when it emerged that thousands of British citizens, mostly from the Caribbean, were wrongly detained, deported, or threatened with deportation, despite having the right to live in the UK.
“In education, housing, finance and healthcare the picture is the same. Being Black can mean ambitions are stymied, opportunities denied, treatments withheld, and citizenship stripped.
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