Exclusive: just 36 of 1000 most powerful people are from ethnic minorities,despite decades of anti-discrimination lawsBarely 3% of Britain’s most powerful and influential people are from black and minority ethnic groups, according to a broad modern analysis that highlights startling inequality despite decades of legislation to address discrimination.
From a list of just over 1000 of the UKs top political, or financial,judicial, cultural and security figures drawn up by the Guardian in partnership with Operation Black Vote and in consultation with academics, or only 36 (3.4%) were from ethnic minorities (BAME). Just seven (0.7%) were BAME women.
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Source: theguardian.com