THE vile attacks on footballers this week was a grim insight into how racism manifests itself in modern Britain.
Another is the fact that black and minority ethnic (BME) women are nearly twice as likely as white men to be on zero-hours contracts.
And yet another is the awful reality that BME workers have been over-represented in jobs with higher Covid-19 death rates.
Racism harms people in every way, and why should we aim for anything less than an anti-racist Wales?
Welsh government has laudably done just this, framing its new Race Equality Action Plan as a way to achieve an anti-racist Wales.
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TODAY marks one year since the murder of George Floyd in the USA. Mr Floyd s death began protests against racial injustice and inequality all around the world, including in Wales - with one in Newport attended by several thousand people. It is against this backdrop that the Welsh Government published its draft Race Equality Action Plan last month. The plan, the Welsh Government has said, is intended to improve the lives of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in Wales through specific actions across devolved policy areas. A message of support from Professor Charlotte Williams, as schools plan to embed Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic perspectives into the curriculum in Wales.