Michael Wilkes of the British Chinese Project While it is always uplifting to see the wicked repent and mend their ways, the BBC Newsbeat item — acknowledging how racism against Chinese Brits is largely ignored — is in danger of providing the corporation with bleeding-heart cover in the absence of measures to rectify the injustice. […]
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This morning’s hypnagogic state was interrupted by a call from Pat Edlin, who excitedly told me about a book by Chris Grayling about yellow peril fears and orientalism that he’d just heard discussed on the Today programme (BBC Radio 4). I did wonder why a dodgy Tory minister would suddenly break the habit of a
Actress Lucy Sheen asks what many of us are wondering. Is the media ready to accept East Asians as part of British diversity? So after a hopeful start to last week with the launch of Act For Change campaign, the broad acceptance from ITV and the BBC that quotas for BAME artists and creatives are
When does humour stop being funny and morph into racism? By actress Lucy Sheen I have a sense of humour. A pretty good one, sometimes it goes a little dark. Hell I loved Nighty Nighty the deeply dark and disturbing comedy by Julia Davis. I even ended up in the second series! Other times it
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Hackney-born Chinese British punk Anna Chen kicks up. Pic by Bob Carlos Clarke Act For Change Conference, Young Vic Theatre 30th June 2014 Chair: Shami Chakrabarti Panel: Julie Crampsie, BBC casting director; Steve November, Head Of ITV programming; writer Stephen Poliakoff; film producer Allison Owen; and Ewan Marshall, former artistic director of Graeae Theatre Company.
Originally posted along with the BBC robo-letter, British East Asian FAQ for the BBC, casting directors, the media and anyone working in areas where diversity is an issue gets its own page here. FAQ about BEAs for the benefit of the BBC, casting directors and reviewers. Q: Is it true that East Asians can only
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