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53rd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots
On the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Director of BlkOutUK Rob Berkeley, shares his experiences at the intersections of homophobia/patriarchy and anti-Black racism. In the early morning of June…
Cost of Living Crisis threatens to increase inequality
As an organisation which works with marginalised communities across the country, we call on the Government to urgently address the impact of the cost-of-living crisis, in order to prevent the…
ROTA Parliamentary Report: Spring 2022
6 new laws and how they will impact our communities
ROTA’s Statement on the Government’s Inclusive Britain Action Plan
The Government recently published Inclusive Britain, a response to the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED), which was launched as a result of the 2020 Black…
Where does the persecution of slang come from and why does it continue?
Hood’, ‘ghetto’, ‘unprofessional’ are just a few of the phrases that have been used to describe the vernacular commonly used by young people from inner-city areas. In 2021, a South…
Reform of the Mental Health Act must not be a missed opportunity, mental health and race experts demand
Reform of the Mental Health Act should see an end to structural racism within mental health services but the Government plans are found wanting. On March 9th an on-line conference…