THE OBSERVER: Much as we love the NHS, we can no longer ignore the ethnic inequalities that beset it

  • David Olusoga

Press/Media: Expert comment

Period20 Feb 2022

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  • TitleMuch as we love the NHS, we can no longer ignore the ethnic inequalities that beset it
    Media name/outletThe Observer
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date20/02/22
    DescriptionThe pandemic has acted like a vast searchlight, sweeping across society, illuminating unpleasant truths that were lurking in the darkness. The potential for online misinformation to unleash a wave of cultish fanaticism, like the current anti-vax movement, long predated the pandemic. The glib libertarian tendency within sections of the Conservative party, a sentiment so often out of step with the public mood in its strident opposition to measures deployed to fight the virus, was similarly hidden in plain sight.

    However, the truth most bluntly uncovered by the pandemic is the scale and the depth of inequality in 21st-century Britain. Ours is among the most unequal societies in Europe and among the many axes along which inequality runs is that of race.
    URLhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/20/much-as-we-love-nhs-no-longer-ignore-racial-inequalities-that-beset-it
    PersonsDavid Olusoga

Keywords

  • NHS
  • inequality
  • racism