'More from the article:
-racially motivated, rose by 6 per cent to more than 76,000.
-sexual orientation increased by by 19 per cent to 15,800,
-transgender identity by 16 per cent to 2,500.
-disability hate crime rose by 9 per cent to 8,500
-religious hate crime fell by 5 per cent to 6,800.'
Do you not feel that race hate is under reported though? Because it is so ingrained in society. Because, whilst there are laws to protect against wider discrimination for some isms, there aren't for race. Because the absence of accurate measuring systems makes the figures skewed. Because the people likely compiling the figures aren't undergoing the lived experience?
To me, lockdown shone an uncomfortable light on racism which should not be ignored, or brushed back under the carpet. Just to make the masses feel better.
I will have faith that things are changing for the better when people stop being forced to choose between different types of racists to run the country. When heads start rolling and consequences are publicly seen. When it is just taken for granted that a significant proportion of graduates and high up positions will be awarded to POC.
At the moment, even on these forums, racism is increasingly. (Threads about POC on TV are left standing.) As it is on the street. Brexit didn't help. People feel more justified to publicly spout hate. People keep quoting the percentage of POC in wider society, to justify the absence of significant numbers of POC in Upper positions. However, in some parts of the country that just isn't representative, no matter how much people want to pretend that it is.
London has a higher proportion of POC than rural England, yet the numbers of POC in leadership roles remain low.
I'm not saying that it's anywhere like the 80s, but it's still rife.