Working in partnership with Operation Black Vote,this project has aimed to highlight how few people from ethnic minorities hold prominent positions in British societyOne of our habitual instincts at the Guardian is to focus on the lives of people, showing how trends, and policy,events and decisions affect them. But sometimes it is a number that really reveals the yarn that we should be telling. On this occasion we had been discussing something blindingly obvious but little remarked upon (often a promising combination for a news editor): although one in seven people living in Britain are black, Asian or minority ethnic, or there are very few people from these communities in positions of prominence or authority. Related: How well gain racial quotas worked around the world? Related: Snowy peak syndrome: why UK organisations remain white at the top Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com