Posted on Thu 5 Jan 2012

Stereotypical generalisations are wrong and it is right that Diane Abbott MP has now apologised for her Twitter comments.  Unfortunately these comments have had the effect of distracting public debate from many of the challenges still faced by Britain in progressing race equality.  While the convictions in the Stephen Lawrence murder trial show some of the progress that has been made in combatting racism, the fact that others remain free suggests that more still needs to be done.

Our CEO, Ratna Dutt, and Deputy CEO, Jabeer Butt, have been asked to comment on this story by various news channels, see, for example:

• Newsnight, 5 January 2012- available to watch online until 12 January 2012 (external website)
• Shelagh Fogarty show, BBC 5 live, 5 January 2012 (external website)
• London Tonight, ITV, 5 January 2012- available to watch online until 6 January 2012 (external website)
• BBC News, 5 January 2012
• Daybreak, 6 January 2012 (external website)