A latest survey indicates that people are more likely to say that racism has got worse or stayed the same.
Almost two-thirds of the population think there is a “fair amount” or “great deal” of racism in British society today. Black respondents however, are twice as likely as white respondents to say the problem is very widespread. Matt Singh, is the founder of Number Cruncher Politics, who shared the survey details with The Guardian and was able to look at the unique experiences of different ethnic groups because of the size of the BAME sample was half of the 3,000 respondents.
According to the study large numbers of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people reported incidents of racial abuse – both verbal and physical – with many experiencing attacks regularly. Wherein, Muslim men and women are thought to face the most discrimination, followed by black men and women. Other Asian groups appearing to fare better
In a statement to The Guardian, under Katwala, Founder of thinktank British Future said, “It is clear that there have been significant social changes on race over the last quarter of a century – but what this poll captures is that expectations have risen considerably faster.”
According to him overt racism was less prevalent than in the 1980s and 1990s and that ethnic minorities had more voices in public life. But the poll reflected the frustration of young people hearing politicians focus on the “bad old days” of people being beaten up by National Front “thugs” when they wanted a focus on the realities of everyday racism in 2020.
