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Compensation and Reparation for Descendants of Slavery from the Atlantic Slave Trade
By Donna Palmer-Smith With the current political climate with Black Lives Matter being a focus. I thought it would be a good time to revisit an age-old argument which has been discussed in Parliament in the 1800’s by early abolitionist … Continue reading
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Prof Priyamvada Gopal “In Conversation” with NREC
This event, held on Wednesday, July 15th 2020, can be viewed at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Northantsrec/permalink/2617359031837153/ #InsurgentEmpire #Anticolonialism #BritishDissent #WhitePrivilege #Racism. #Casteism #BlackLivesMatter
Antiracist reading and watch-list
A developing resource on race, racism, Black History and decolonisation. Work in progress by Tre Ventour. https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=5723426B1E979D49!1550&ithint=file%2cxlsx&authkey=!ANXUtPE9BKpA-n4 To add to the resource please email us at info@northamptonshirerec.org.uk and we will send on to Tre Ventour.
Black History Resources
Black History teaching resources produced by the Northamptonshire Black History Association/Project Community Archives
Our Nine-Point Plan to Advance Racial Equality in Northamptonshire: June 2020
We live in unprecedented times: a global pandemic, economic depression, global environmental challenges and, in the last few weeks (sparked off by the Black Lives Matters movement in the US), a resurgence of protests in the UK against racism and … Continue reading
NREC in Conversation with Dr. Priyamvada Gopal, author of “Insurgent Empire”
Dr Priyamvada Gopal is in conversation discussing equality, race, human rights and empire. This is an online event via Zoom with NREC hosts and panelists. Dr. Gopal is the author of a recently published book “Insurgent Empire – Resistance and … Continue reading
Covid-19 Penalties and Ethnicity
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic the powers of the police to detain those not following the regulations in place have been hugely expanded in a way that has received much criticism. Jonathan Sumption QC, a former Supreme Court … Continue reading
Stop and Search
In the year ending in March 2020, 23.8% of the 2189 stop and searches conducted by Northamptonshire Police were done on BAME people. As BAME people only account for 8.5% of the population this means that they are 3 times … Continue reading
Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council 