Most black people in the UK feel they have been discriminated against or passed over for promotion or employment due to their ethnicity, the largest survey of its kind has suggested. And black Britons still face considerable discrimination, particularly in public services such as the health and criminal justice system, but remain resilient in its face, according to the report.
Research also found that the majority of black people surveyed had either experienced being stopped and searched by police or had been wrongfully arrested – or knew someone close to them who had. The research was commissioned by the Black Equity Organisation, a national civil rights organisation launched in May to tackle systemic racism in the UK.
Its trustees include Labour MP David Lammy, historian and presenter Professor David Olusoga, and WPP president Karen Blackett. The charity analysed polling by Survation of 2,051 black and mixed black adults between October 2021 and January 2022, and a survey of 2,049 respondents, including 1,721 white British adults, in October 2021.
