Race and ethnicity

It seemed impossible, but at last Martin Jacques got justice for the wife he loved
4h Apr 2010
The Observer 04/04/10
Martin Jacques defied the odds to expose racial prejudice and medical negligence in a Hong Kong hospital. Here he tells of his feelings on learning that his 10-year struggle was over.
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A total white-out
18th Jun 2009
The New Statesman
In Britain, black people are excluded from decision-making in top-flight football. It will take more than one club appointment to change that
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Face to face with history
23rd Apr 2009
The New Statesman
The UN conference on racism confronted western countries with difficult truths – but that’s no reason for anyone to walk out
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Wright and wrong
18th Apr 2008
The Guardian
Ian Wright's departure from the BBC's football punditry team casts shame on the corporation: it is guilty of cultural apartheid
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Spotlight on grievance
17th Mar 2008
The Guardian
Events in Tibet expose China's achilles heel: its inability to recognise and respect ethnic difference
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A new hero of our times
22nd Oct 2007
The Guardian
He lost at the last but Lewis Hamilton rocked all expectations - and not just in formula one
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Eastern bias sends F1 wrong direction
11th Jul 2007
Observer Monthly Sport
Around a decade ago, Bernie Ecclestone, the guy who runs Formula One, began to make ominous noises about the prospects for F1 in Europe, suggesting that the sport's future instead lay in the East.
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It’s the same as Tiger: nothing will change
6th Mar 2007
The Observer
Hamilton is an inspiration to black Britain - but his sport will remain white, writes Martin Jacques
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Sarkozy plays the race card - and our establishment cheers
4th May 2007
The Guardian
The French presidential favourite's pandering to the far right is indulged because of his pro-US stance and neo-liberalism
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This scapegoating is rolling back the gains of anti-racism
15th Feb 2007
The Guardian
Anti-terror stunts and a barrage of propaganda are demonising Muslims and making Islamophobia the acceptable face of racism
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British society is dripping in racism, but no one is prepared to admit it
20th Jan 2007
The Guardian
The foul-mouthed abuse on Big Brother shows how little we understand about prejudice, and the world judges us for it
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Europe’s contempt for other cultures can’t be sustained
17th Feb 2006
The Guardian
A continent that inflicted colonial brutality all over the globe for 200 years has little claim to the superiority of its values
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One step backwards
7th Jul 2006
The Guardian
The World Cup is a marvel of global representation. So why is it getting whiter?
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A questionable history
21st Aug 2006
The Guardian
The umpire at the centre of the ball-tampering row has a record of making decisions against players from the Indian subcontinent
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Japan’s failure to own up to its past threatens its future
23rd Apr 2005
The Guardian
Long-running regional hostilities threaten the stability of east Asia
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The Middle Kingdom mentality
16th Apr 2005
The Guardian
At last China's culture of racism is being contested by Chinese
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Football’s apartheid
8th Jan 2005
The Guardian
Soccer has become the fault-line for European racist prejudices
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The new barbarism
9th May 2002
The Guardian
Not since the 1930s has the threat of racism and fascism been so great in the west
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