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  ​BAMEBlack, Asian and Minority EthnicHOME PAGE
Use this page for BAME Appeals and Events, support and advocacy contacts, information and research links,
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Equalities Homepage
EQUALITY ACT 2010


APPEALS AND EVENTS

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APPEAL LAUNCHED TO HELP FORMER MAIDENHEAD PUPIL FACING DEPORTATION'**

Appeal for Elmslie School pupils from the late 60s to make contact to help verify identify of Eleanor Rogers, now homeless in London and facing deportation having lost all her papers.  See article for picture and contact information: 
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead/124026/appeal-launched-to-help-former-maidenhead-pupil-facing-deportation.html

The Guardian support Eleanor Rogers as they uncover more incidents of people who have lived in the Uk for over 50 years being caught up in the “hostile environment” Theresa May said she wanted to create for illegal immigrants in 2012
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/28/i-cant-eat-or-sleep-the-grandmother-threatened-with-deportation-after-50-years-in-britain


Guardian report on EU migrants detained in UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/03/marcin-gwozdzinski-immigration-centre-detention-death

BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES
Bail for Immigration Detainees is an independent charity that exists to challenge immigration detention in the UK. 
They provide legal advice and representation to migrants detained in removal centres and prisons to secure their release alongside research and policy advocacy to effect change

www.biduk.org​

INFORMATION:
        LOCAL AND NATIONAL SUPPORT, ADVICE and                       ADVOCACY CONTACTS:
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  • Equalities Officer Maidenhead CLP: maidenheadlabourmembers@gmail.com
  • Maidenhead CLP website: http://www.maidenheadlabour.org.uk/
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maidenheadlabour/
  • BAME Labour: www.bamelabour.org.uk    ​
  • Join BAME Labour: http://www.bamelabour.org.uk/join_bame_labour_online 
  • Windsor and Maidenhead Community Forum WAMCF: www.wamcf.org/
  • The Hindu Society of Maidenhead: http://www.hindusocietyofmaidenhead.co.uk
  • National Institute of African Studies, Windsor office: http://www.africanstudies.org.uk   
  • Parvaaz Project: advice, information, drop-in for carers of disabled Asian children: neeru-palhi@taha.org.uk   
  • Slough Refugee Support: http://www.sloughrefugeesupport.org.uk      
  • National Women and Equalities Officer: equalities@labour.org.uk
  • Labour Women’s Network website: http://www.lwn.org.uk/
  • Labour Membersnet: https://members.labour.org.uk/
        RESEARCH, ARTICLES AND NEWS RESOURCE:
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  • EQUALITIES ACT 2010
  • THE SHAMI CHAKRABARTI INQUIRY 2016 - an inquiry into antisemitism and other forms of racism
  • RACE DISPARITY AUDIT - government paper published on 10 October 2017​
  • RACIST AND RELIGIOUS HATE CRIME - CPS Prosecution guidance​
  • HATE CRIME (easy read leaflet) - CPS Easy Read Leaflet for people with learning disabilities/difficulties
  • THE INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS - anti-racist thinktank publishes research, analysis and commentary on racism and racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally 
  • BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES - Charity providing legal advice and representation to migrants detained in removal centres and prisons to secure their release     
  • OBV: OPERATION BLACK VOTE - engage for racial justice and equality throughout the UK
  • gal-dem - is an online and in print magazine and creative collective comprised of over 70 women and non-binary people of colour which launched in September 2015. ​
  • THE VOICE - Britain's leading black Newspaper​
  • BBC RADIO - Asiannetwork
  • EASTERN EYE NEWSPAPER
  • ​THE INDEPENDENT - BAME 
  • THE GUARDIAN - World/Race
  • EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - independent organisation: challenges discrimination, promotes equality of opportunity and protects human rights
  • EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FORUM - a national network of organisations working across all areas of equality and human rights

NEWS:
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Angela Saini tracks the route by which 'racist realist', extreme right wing theorists, are making their way onto advisory boards of one of the world’s largest scientific publishers:  
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/22/eugenics-racism-mainstream-science


Romesh Ranganathan -
 dealing with 'casual racism'
 
​"I had only just arrived in the US when somebody asked me aggressively if I was Muslim. Perhaps I should have educated him, but why is it my problem when I just want a quiet drink with my mate?" 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/12/how-did-i-handle-casual-racism-in-los-angeles-awkwardly


ROMA PREJUDICE - "the besmirching of another immigrant community is in full spate"
Historical parallels made about the scapegoating of Roma immigrants in Glasgow and Irish immigrants in the UK a century ago
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/10/roma-again-scapegoats-for-ills-of-society

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"News that a Christian child was ‘forced’ into Muslim foster care caused a furore earlier this year. But, despite the challenges, these families play a vital role in bringing up vulnerable children"

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/03/muslim-fos​ter-parents-it-has-been-such-a-blessing


THE LABOUR PARTY CONDEMNS TRUMP'S NOXIOUS WORLD VIEW  

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Sadiq Khan✔@SadiqKhanPresident Trump has used Twitter to promote a vile, extremist group that exists solely to sow division and hatred in our country. It's increasingly clear that any official visit from President Trump to Britain would not be welcomed.
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Husband of Jo Cox who was murdered by a man associated to Britain First, Brendan Cox: Trump is "the best recruiting sergeant for those of us who wish to build a consensus around British values of tolerance and decency"
​www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/29/donald-trump-britain-first-hate-best-response-tolerance?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=254571&subid=19595798&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2



HARRY AND MEGHAN:
Do you agree with gal-dem'S take on Harry and Meghan news:
“A constant need to comment on a couple’s racial difference does nothing but flag up an inherent unease. In some cases, it can feel like a conscious attempt to reinforce the sense of otherness”

www.gal-dem.com/harry-meghan-not-great-news-interracial-couples/

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Theresa May speaks at the Windsor and Maidenhead community forum diversity dinner
On the 16th November, Mrs May is reported to have praised the work of the forum highlighting the importance of a strong, interfaith cohesive community.  Unfortunately this is not extended in her government's foreign policy which continues to support the Saudis and their use of British weapons to kill and maim civilians, especially women and children, in Yemen as part of the ongoing Sunni/Shia Muslim rift. Only interfaith action here is gaining power and control
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead/124056/theresa-may-speaks-at-windsor-and-maidenhead-community-forum-diversity-dinner.html​



Labour MP for Brent Central, Dawn Butler comments on the RDA (see report above in research etc.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/13/theresa-may-race-disparity-audit



BAME/WOMEN POWER INEQUALITY
Analysis by The Guardian and Operation Black Vote find that of the 1,049 most powerful people in Britain, just 36 are from ethnic minorities – and only seven of those are women:
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/24/who-are-36-bame-people-uk-1000-most-powerful
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CULTURE:

FILM:

Bollywood sexual harrassment:
Women tell the Guardian that unmasking of abusive men is overdue in industry that shames and undermines victims
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/13/bollywood-sexual-harassment-actors-speak-out-indian-cinema-open-secret

BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI
The Guardian review the documentary film of Grace Jone's life and career -

"sharp portrait of an iconic extraterrestrial"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/25/grace-jones-bloodlight-and-bami-review-sophie-fiennes-documentary

MUDBOUND
'...modern period drama looks at the overlapping lives of two families – one black and one white'
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/19/mudbound-review-complex-modern-period-drama

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TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS:
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Windsor and Maidenhead Community Forum (WAMCF)
2018 WAMCF DIALOGUE: PROGRAMME

'Efforts to reach out and engage others in dialogue with the aim of fostering mutual understanding and bringing people closer together may seem ordinary and unexciting, but they in fact constitute a bold and daring challenge to create a new era of human civilisation.' Daisaku Ikeda
All dialogues are FREE and start at 7pm and end at 8.30pm with refreshments.
WHAT DO YOU WANT MOST IN LIFE? Tuesday 16th January SGI-UK Taplow Court,Berry Hill, Taplow, Maidenhead SL6 0ER
WHAT IS TRUE STRENGTH? Tuesday 13th February 2018 Dedworth Green Baptist Church, Smiths Ln, Windsor SL4 5PE
WHAT MAKES A GOOD FRIEND? Tuesday 30th January Maidenhead Gurdwara 31 Rutland Road, SL6 4HZ
WHAT ARE YOU MOST GRATEFUL FOR? Tuesday 27th February Maidenhead Synagogue, Grenfell Lodge, Ray Park Road, Maidenhead SL6 8QX
IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ONE THING TO CHANGE ABOUT THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Tuesday 13th MARCH Maidenhead Mosque, Holmanleaze, SL6 8AW www.wamcf.org
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? Tuesday 27th March Windsor Humanists, Austen-Leigh & Baldwin Institute, Eton Court, Eton, Windsor SL4 6BY

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TV: 

TV comedy like Chinese Burn doesn’t smash stereotypes. It reinforces them:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/12/tv-comedy-chinese-burn-stereotypes-bbc


White Right: Meeting the Enemy 
Deeyah Khan's new documentary film 

Khan finds the white far right "...truly believe they are the victims...they feel like they have everything to lose..." In her film, Khan wanted to see "...is it possible for me to sit with my enemy and for them to sit with theirs?”
ITV on 11 December at 10.40pm
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The Boy with the Topknot - a story of mental illness in a Sikh family - BBCi player
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09g0hvs

Prof Dinesh Bhugra, emeritus professor of mental health and cultural diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London talked about mental health in Asian communities on the Today programme 14/11/17 at 7.40am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09drjf2#play

APPEAL FOR BAME-RELEVANT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mental-health-bame-communities-stigma-nhs-culture-crisis-misunderstood-a7973666.html



TRAVEL:
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The Civil Rights trail in Washington DC:

www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/nov/12/eyes-on-the-prize-the-civil-rights-trail-in-washington-dc​



DOCUMENTARY:

American stand-up Hari Kondabolu's documentary The Problem with Apu challenges racist stereotyping:
is Ian Jack right to say that the harmfulness or otherwise of stereotypes is usually best judged by the people they attempt to describe?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/18/apu-stereotypes-documentary-the-simpsons-character-racist?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=252899&subid=19595798&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2



RADIO:

Asian Network
BBC radio station, targetting age group 15-35 of South Asian descent broadcasting music, arts and current affairs 

www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork


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