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Mother to be makes racist demands

Rita Nissiphorou

By Rita Nissiphorou in In the News on Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (the EHRC) are looking into the situation which arose at Milton Keynes Hospital in Buckinghamshire. It is reported that a mother about to undergo a caesarean section objected to an ethnic minority member of staff being present at the birth of her child.... read more

Race Discrimination: widespread bias against ethnic sounding names

Emma Cross

By Emma Cross in Discrimination on Monday, October 19, 2009

A recent sting operation conducted by researchers at the National Centre for Social Research (NCSR) on behalf of the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has uncovered widespread bias amongst employers against ethnic names.  NCSR researchers sent out nearly 3,000 job applications under... read more

Strictly Come Dancing Race Row

Emma Cross

By Emma Cross in In the News on Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Fans of the BBC’s flagship Saturday night show, Strictly Come Dancing, will recognise Anton Du Beke as one of the original ‘stars’ of the show; indeed, it has even been suggested that he would be the natural replacement for Bruce Forsyth as host of the show.  However, anti-racism... read more

Recruitment: is racism systemic?

Emma Cross

By Emma Cross in Discrimination on Wednesday, July 1, 2009

According to news reports, civil servants have sent out thousands of bogus job applications to businesses in an effort to expose race discrimination in the recruitment process. The fake job application scheme was devised by the Department of Work and Pensions, the ministry responsible for... read more

Discrimination: is beauty in the eye of the beholder?

Emma Cross

By Emma Cross in Discrimination on Thursday, June 25, 2009

It is relatively common for companies to impose strict codes for the appearance of front-line staff in an attempt to reinforce their ‘brand’, but news reports of two recent discrimination cases highlight the potential pitfalls of adopting such a policy.    In the first case,... read more

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