Slavery justice: ‘It’s time, Mr Drax.’
In a unique initiative, this week Dorset is linked direct to the Caribbean as campaigners challenge Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, about his ownership of the Drax Hall estate in Barbados.
Barbadian MP Trevor Prescod will address a rally on Saturday 17 July outside Drax’s Charborough Park estate in Dorset....
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I'm a Youth Worker in Dorset and a lifelong football fan who has coached a little.
I'm writing to you to let you know that I am proud of you and that you are making a difference! I am beyond delighted at the team's progress in the Tournament so...
This 26 year old man from Blackpool explains how he transformed himself from being a racist to standing up to racism.
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This summer Poole Museum will display stories from Kushti Bok, a group that supports people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds.
Poole Museum’s ‘Our Space’ area invites community groups to tell stories that are important to them and their links to the local communities. ‘Our Space’ will host a display...
Ten By Six analyses why there is an increased prevalence of race hate especially in issues of law and order in Dorset.
Should we be surprised that people are being openly racist?
The answer is complicated but given how society has attempted to confront it and then decades of progress is...
One year ago today, a TV show was broadcast that caused huge concern among Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people in Britain and beyond.
Channel 4's “The Truth About Traveller Crime” has been accused of using “unsubstantiated data” and “divisive and racist rhetoric… to malign an entire community” – at a time when...
I need to declare something. I am racist and I am sexist!
That will come as quite a shock to those who know me. I am known in both my professional and personal life to be strongly anti-racist, anti-sexist and against all forms of oppression, so why do I declare myself to...
Cllr David Walsh, Portfolio Holder for planning, said
“It has come to my attention that leaflets are circulating around Swanage regarding The Dorset Council Local Plan’s proposal for a Gypsy and Traveller site on Land at Washpond Lane and Ulwell Road.
While we welcome residents raising awareness of the Dorset Local...
TV historian David Olusoga has thanked former England footballer and schoolmate "tough kid" Paul Gascoigne for stepping in to help when he was subjected to racist abuse as a child.
Born in his father's home country of Nigeria, Olusoga moved to his mother's home of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, when he...
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The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) is comprised of 12 member states in the Caribbean region. It is calling for reparations for genocide and for the enslavement of African people by former colonising powers. It also addresses this call to those who have...
