Danny is right: nothing will change, because sexism and racism seem so ingrained in some institutions as to be hardly worthy of notice. After all, institutional racism does not exist in the Metropolitan police according to its commissioner, Cressida Dick, nor elsewhere according to some government advisers. “Why didn’t Danny report the train attendant?” I thought as I read the interview. As the grandfather and great-grandfather of mixed-race young people, I am aware of the institutionalised racism that stalks a small minority of police. No one should be subjected to the racism recorded from teachers, the public, authority figures and the police.

Source: The Guardian August 05, 2020 16:30 UTC