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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emily Dugan

Mishal Husain left ‘shaken’ by experience of racism in UK this year

Mishal Husain hosts a group discussion during the Global Soft Power Summit at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London
Mishal Husain said she previously believed the UK ‘was way ahead of so many other countries’ in its multiculturalism. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

The BBC presenter Mishal Husain has said her experience of racism in Britain over the last year has been more pronounced than at any other time in her career.

The presenter of Radio 4’s Today programme said that she had been left “shaken” at times and the summer riots had made her question her beliefs about British tolerance.

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