equity is the idea that we're in a race which we will all win together, at the same time. do you know the origin of this foolish goal;

 

 The tragic death of 18 year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton last December should have been a straightforward case of justice: a killer brought to account after stabbing a young man stabbed to death. Instead, bodycam footage released after Vickrum Digwa’s life sentence has exposed something far more disturbing and familiar.

Henry, bleeding out from multiple stab wounds, repeatedly told officers he had been stabbed and could not breathe. Their response? Handcuff him while giving credence to Digwa’s claim of a racist attack. A close family friend has now publicly criticised the training that led officers to side with a false racist slur over a dying teenager. This statement, issued with the family’s apparent blessing, directly challenges attempts to shut down debate by claiming the family do not want it politicised.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and others have denied two-tier policing exists, calling such concerns baseless or exploitative. But the patterns and the institutional incentives tell a different story.

The Macpherson legacy: from fixing racism to institutionalising it
After the 1999 Macpherson Report into Stephen Lawrence’s murder, UK policing underwent a transformation. Institutional racism was defined broadly as unwitting prejudice through ignorance or stereotyping. The response: mandatory race awareness training, diversity initiatives and a shift away from colour-blind professionalism toward race-conscious ‘equity’........more..........