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Annual Conference “60 Years Since the Race Relations Act: What’s Changed?”
In October, ROTA hosted its Annual Conference and it was truly special. Our theme, “60 Years Since the Race Relations Act: What’s Changed?”, invited us to reflect on the past,…
ROTA Statement on Islamophobia Awareness Month
Islamophobia remains one of the most pervasive yet trivialised forms of religious discrimination in Britain today. It touches every part of society, from sport to newsrooms, from classrooms to people…
ROTA Statement on the Manchester Synagogue attack
We are shocked and saddened by the Manchester synagogue attacks on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and the…
ROTA Statement on the reported racially motivated attack in Oldbury
We are shocked and alarmed by the rape of a 20-year-old Sikh woman in Oldbury, which has been reported as racially motivated and another act of violence against women and…
New Report launched – Centering Black Girls: Interrogating Race, Racism and Misogynoir in UK Schools
Race on the Agenda is pleased to spotlight the important research by our Peer Researcher Jamila Thompson, titled ‘Interrogating the Experiences of Race, Racism and Misogynoir’ (2025). The research highlights the pervasive issue…
This is about more than numbers: Confronting the ideology of the far-right riots.
I spent much of my childhood in a largely white-working class council estate in the West Midlands, which to this day has suffered from decades of neglect, underfunding and poor-quality…