Ahead of National GetOutside Day, ARE’s Cornelius Alexander draws on his experiences of hiking in New Zealand, Alaska and Albania to explore the benefits of walking, the barriers that can make the outdoors harder to access for Black, Asian and mixed …
Which box to tick? Reflections of an Indo-Caribbean in the UK
Indra Nauth, ARE's Deputy Chief Executive, shares her memories of growing up as a minority within a minority for South Asian Heritage Month. “Why does your Mum speak Jamaican?” is something I remember a work colleague asking me a few years ago. …
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The Securitisation of Migrants and the impact on Ethnic Minorities.
As we mark Refugee Week/World Refugee Day with this guest blog by Islington Refugee and Migrant Forum, we look at how migrants have become 'the enemy' according to the far-right. Estimated read time: 4 minutes Securitisation …
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Hostile climate deepens harm to young people and ethnic minority communities warns ARE
Action for Race Equality (ARE) calls for urgent action as it warns that rising division, attacks on anti-discrimination laws, and growing youth disengagement are damaging hope, safety and opportunity across the UK. ARE is deeply concerned about …
Lives Not Knives: Breaking the cycle of exclusion, violence and limited opportunity
ARE's UPLIFT Programme supports organisations working across communities to create opportunities for young people and address inequality in practical, lasting ways. As part of the programme, we are highlighting the alumni organisations involved in …
Serious About Youth: Helping young people access opportunities in construction
ARE’s UPLIFT Programme brings together organisations working across communities to support young people and tackle inequality in meaningful ways. As part of the programme, we are shining a light on the alumni organisations involved in the programme's …
A Connected Collective
This blog is part of Action for Race Equality’s Racial Terminology Project series, exploring how racial terminology is used, understood and debated across the UK today. Estimated read time: 4 minutes There is an inherent tension …
A Numbers Game: Minority and Majority
This blog is part of Action for Race Equality’s Racial Terminology Project series, exploring how racial terminology is used, understood and debated across the UK today. Estimated read time: 5 minutes Several of the terms discussed in …
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“White-Assumed”: The Scales of Colourism
This blog is part of Action for Race Equality’s Racial Terminology Project series, exploring how racial terminology is used, understood and debated across the UK today. Estimated read time: 4 minutes Colorism is a term …
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A Question of Colour
This blog is part of Action for Race Equality’s Racial Terminology Project series, exploring how racial terminology is used, understood and debated across the UK today. CONTENT NOTE: This blog explores racial terms which some may find …
On Britishness
This blog is part of Action for Race Equality’s Racial Terminology Project series, exploring how racial terminology is used, understood and debated across the UK today. Estimated read time: 5 minutes Questions of British identity …
A Hostile Media Landscape
This blog is part of Action for Race Equality’s Racial Terminology Project series, exploring how racial terminology is used, understood and debated across the UK today. Estimated read time: 3 minutes The media landscape plays a central …
Diversity is a euphemism
This blog is part of Action for Race Equality’s Racial Terminology Project series, exploring how racial terminology is used, understood and debated across the UK today. Estimated read time: 4 minutes In the context of a crackdown …
Terminology as a tool
This blog is part of Action for Race Equality’s Racial Terminology Project series, exploring how racial terminology is used, understood and debated across the UK today. Estimated read time: 4 minutes Why focus on …
The Doomsday Clock: Why racism is moving us closer to Midnight?
Every New Year I keep an eye on the Doomsday Clock by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists 2026 Doomsday Clock Statement - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The Bulletin was set up in 1945 by Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the …
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