The government's newly published race report has been widely condemned and criticised by campaigners and the members of public alike. We look at why and where it went wrong.

The reaction to government's race report 

negative

To downplay institutional racism in a pandemic where Black, Asian and ethnic minority people have died disproportionately and are now twice as likely to be unemployed is an insult

For Boris Johnson to look the grieving families of those brave dead in the eye and say there is no evidence of institutional racism in the UK is nothing short of a gross offence

Anti-racism campaigners have described the report as a “whitewash” of the lived experiences of people of colour.  

The reaction to the government’s “whitewashed” race report is in and it’s scathing