Page 8 - Anti-Racism Pocketbook for Schools and Academies
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•  For sentencing, it was 13 per thousand population for
                       black people and five per thousand population for white

                       people

                   •  37.4% of black people and 44.8% of Asian people felt

                       unsafe being at home or around their local area,

                       compared with 29.2% of white people


               Although these statistics determine that there is an issue of

               racism, many people still debate the idea that racism is

               ingrained and visibly apparent in UK society. In order to fully
               understand the context and importance behind addressing

               racism, there needs to be an understanding behind the

               context and how it translates into modern society.


               Understanding racial prejudice


               Racism and racial prejudice is often shown through the

               behaviour and attitudes that we express to others. With this

               country’s history of slavery, colonialism, and the constant

               marginalisation of ethnic people, these behaviours and
               attitudes have unfortunately become severely ingrained into

               the fabric of the UK society.



               In our society, white is the default standard that we see.
               Imagine you are walking through Primark because you need

               to find a nude set of leggings or you are walking through the

               pharmacy because you are looking for nude band aids to

               cover scars, the immediate product that would be available
               under the term ‘nude’ would be white. For a lot of ethnically

               diverse people, it is frustrating that white is a default for

               nude when it should be a universal description for all shades

               of skin colours and people.


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