One of Scotland’s most prominent lawyers says racism is endemic in our society
Aamer Anwar was reacting to new research published this week showing that ethnic and religious minorities in the UK were still suffering “strikingly high” levels of abuse, discrimination and even physical violence.
“We have no senior black prosecutors, no senior black police officers, no senior black figures in our institutions. We can be highly educated and motivated, yet still have difficulty getting the jobs and the promotions. He added: “You find that even when you’re the victim of racism, you have to prove it, you always have to justify your existence.
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