{"id":183439,"date":"2021-04-26T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=183439"},"modified":"2021-04-21T08:18:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T07:18:40","slug":"rights-experts-condemn-uk-racism-report-attempting-to-normalize-white-supremacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/04\/rights-experts-condemn-uk-racism-report-attempting-to-normalize-white-supremacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights Experts Condemn UK Racism Report Attempting to \u2018Normalize White Supremacy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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19 Apr 2021 – UN independent human rights experts today denounced a government-backed report into racism in the United Kingdom, saying that it further distorted and falsified historical facts, and could even fuel racism and racial discrimination.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cIn 2021, it is stunning to read a report on race and ethnicity that repackages racist tropes and stereotypes into fact, twisting data and misapplying statistics and studies into conclusory findings and ad hominem attacks on people of African descent”, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent<\/a>, said in a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The report was presented on 31 March by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which was set up by the UK government after the Black Lives Matter anti-racism protests erupted across the world, following the death of George Floyd, last year.<\/p>\n

The human rights experts also said that the report cited \u201cdubious evidence to make claims that rationalize white supremacy by using the familiar arguments that have always justified racial hierarchy\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis attempt to normalize white supremacy despite considerable research and evidence of institutional racism is an unfortunate sidestepping of the opportunity to acknowledge the atrocities of the past and the contributions of all in order to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The experts called on the British government to categorically reject the report\u2019s findings and to ensure the \u201caccurate reflection of historical facts\u201d as they relate to past tragedies and atrocities, in particular slavery, the trade in enslaved Africans and colonialism.<\/p>\n

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UN experts strongly reject #UKGovernment<\/a>-backed report into racism, saying it further distorts and falsifies historic facts, and could even fuel racism, racial discrimination and negative racial stereotypes.
\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/t.co\/VlQ4N1hopL<\/a>#FightRacism<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gMQ21YpFaO<\/a><\/p>\n

— UN Special Procedures (@UN_SPExperts) April 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n