“Racism is systemic in England and impacts BME groups’ enjoyment of rights”
This is according to Runnymede Trust report England Civil Society Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination(pdf).
Runnymede Trust curated the evidence submitted by a broad coalition of organisations, on the EHRC’s procedural request to conduct an independent civil society review on the state’s progress on race and racism in England over the past 4 years.
The report shows that legislation, institutional practices and society’s customs continue to combine to harm BME groups. As a result, in England, BME groups are consistently more likely to live in poverty, to be in low-paid precarious work and to die of COVID-19. Disparities facing BME groups in England are sustained across the areas of health, housing, the criminal justice system, education, employment, immigration and political participation.