A major report into the issue of race released last month said there was "no evidence of institutional racism" in Britain. But the Sewell Report as its been known has been criticised for not reflecting the real experience of many black, Asian and other minorities.Premier's Esther Higham spoke to Dr Robert Beckford, who is a theologian, broadcaster, activist, and Professor of Black theology at The Queens Foundation. He is also one of a panel of experts who will debating the issues tomorrow evening in a free webinar. www.ctbi.org.uk/webinar-a-moment-of-dishonour/
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Scores of tributes to slave traders, colonialists and racists have been taken down or will be removed across the UK, a Guardian investigation has found, with hundreds of others under review by local authorities and institutions.
In what was described by historians as an “unprecedented” public reckoning with Britain’s slavery and colonial past, an estimated 39 names – including streets, buildings and schools – and 30 statues, plaques and other memorials have been or are undergoing changes or removal since last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests.
The movement to remove contentious landmarks has involved a wide section of society, from schools and universities to private landlords, pubs, churches, charitable trusts and councils.
Israel is a short story January 11, 2021 at 1:52 pm | Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
An Israeli flag flies in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque near the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem s Old City, on 24 August 2020 [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images] January 11, 2021 at 1:52 pm
A few years ago, I read about an American dentist who asked one of his patients about his hobbies. Reading, the patient replied. About the State of Israel. So you like reading short stories? the dentist asked.
I recalled this when I read reports that the
Jerusalem Post criticised the
BBC for a report on Jesus during its programme Heart and Soul, Black Jesus on 18 December. The Israelis resented the presenter, Robert Beckford, saying that the Messiah was a Palestinian . The
28 Dec 2020
A BBC World Service radio program aired a show in the runup to Christmas titled “Black Jesus,” in which presenter Robert Beckford made the anachronistic claim that Jesus was a “Palestinian,” even though that term came into use a century later.
Throughout the show, Beckford repeatedly referred to Jesus as a “first-century Palestinian Jew.” As noted by monitoring group the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), which first broke the story, the term “Palestinian” came into common more than a hundred years after Jesus’ crucifixion in the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba Revolt against the Roman Empire.
By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel
The BBC is at it again, pushing Palestinian propaganda that Jesus was one of them, rather than a Jewish resident of the territory that was known historically as Judea.
The BBC World Service radio program “Heart and Soul,” aired initially on December 18th and available for listening online, was hosted by British theology professor Robert Beckford.
Beckford interviewed several people, including one who correctly says that Jesus was a Jewish Judean, but concluded the show by switching back to the Palestinian narrative.
“The color of Jesus matters, both literally and symbolically,” Beckford said at the end of his broadcast. “A first century Palestinian Jew had color. And if the Christian god is found amongst the oppressed of this earth, then God must be black.”