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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

UNBELIEVABLE: Post office continued to use racist term for black workers until 2016 inquiry told - The Untold Story

The head of investigations at the Post Office said it had ‘used identity codes which described a person’s racial origins in language that was outdated, offensive and reprehensible’.
The head of investigations at the Post Office said it had ‘used identity codes which described a person’s racial origins in language that was outdated, offensive and reprehensible’. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Language in an infamous Post Office document that categorised branch operators as “negroid types” was common in the public sector from the 1980s but continued to be used in the scandal-hit organisation until 2016, an inquiry has heard.

The document, which revealed that lawyers investigating post office operators in the Horizon computer scandal used a racist term to categorise black workers, first became public in May last year when it was released to campaigners seeking justice for those wrongfully prosecuted.

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