28:1 issue contents - Producing Injustice
Article
Conclusions by the Independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities undermined the role of racism in 21st century Britain, against the weight of evidence and lived experience. The articles in this edition of IPPR Progressive Review (guest edited by Race on the Agenda and Race Equality Foundation) gives an alternative account of racial disparities. Taken as a whole, this issue constitutes a wide-ranging review of how structural and institutional racism still affects and defines people lives across the UK. It anchored not only in the belief that racial justice is needed, but the belief that with transformative ideas and radical imagination, racial justice is possible.
Contents
- Editorial/ Chris Thomas, Rachel Statham, Joshua Emden, Shreya Nanda (IPPR) Maurice Mcleod, Lee Pinkerton (ROTA) and Jabeer Butt (REF)
Race on the Agenda commissioned articles
- The culture war / Maurice Mcleod
- The rise of Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion / Joshua Virasami
- Stop and search/ Katrina Ffrench
- Institutional racism in the police/ Leroy Logan and Lee Pinkerton
- Where to now? / Zaahida Nabagereka and Alba Kapoor
- From the public sector to the gig economy / Lester Holloway
- It takes a system/ Sanjiv Lingayah
Race Equality Foundation commissioned articles
- ‘Good mirrors for invisible men’/ Rob Berkeley
- Women in leadership/ Joy Warmington
- How do we progress racial justice in education? / Zahra Bei, Helen Knowler and Jabeer Butt
- Building a more equitable charity sector/ Ayesha Gardiner, Emeka Forbes and Kadra Abdinasir
- Another tale of structural inequality? / Nigel de Noronha
- It takes a whole village?/ Anita Mehay, Cara Leavey and Jabeer Butt
Related items

More than a safety net: The welfare state as springboard to economic success and a better country
A perceived conflict between social spending and economic dynamism is deeply embedded in both Scottish and UK political discourse.
Far from settled: The government’s ‘earned settlement’ consultation
How long should people have to wait until they can permanently settle in the UK? This is the core question underpinning the Home Office’s ‘earned settlement’ policy, currently out for consultation.
Rethinking public sector productivity
This is the second in a series of IPPR Scotland blogs as part of our project on Employment, Productivity and Reform in the Scottish Public Sector. This project is funded by the Robertson Trust.