Race Alliance Wales has today published a ground-breaking peer-led research report ‘Do the Right Thing: achieving equity in racialised representation in public and political life in Wales’. The research report investigates representation of racialised people in public and political life in Wales, drawing on the experiences of 132 participants to illuminate the experiences, understanding and perceptions of racialised people living in Wales in relation to Public and Political life and to make recommendations for change.
2020 has shone a light on the prevalence of racism across the globe, and in Wales. With the Covid-19 pandemic disproportionately affecting racialised people, the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter campaign in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, the death of Christopher Kapessa, and the recent death of Mohamud Hassan after leaving police custody, racism needs to stop. Report author Leila Usmani stated “We need increased representation in public and political life so that together we may make the necessary changes to stop this continuing for generations to come. People are dying. We must be given the right to live. Really live.”
January 18th marks Martin Luther King Day #MLKDay. On this day we call on decision- makers in Wales to consider the findings of the report and to act on our calls for racial justice – our key call is simple- Do The Right Thing
A survey respondent made this call clear: ‘It’s not a fight for just ‘BAME’ people, it’s society all inclusive, and I think it’s about changing those hearts and minds of people to acknowledge ‘BAME’ communities and ‘BAME’ representation, … not because we bang on about it, but because it’s the right thing to do.’ (Survey Respondent)
Access the Executive Summary here , Welsh Language version here and the Full Report here.
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