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The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become

We should be able to discuss the different ways in which minorities are racialised in a thoughtful – and sometimes confronting – way, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott: I stood up to Keir Starmer - and we haven’t spoken in four years

Diane Abbott, Britain’s first Black female MP, tells Nadine White how she and Sir Keir Starmer still do not speak, despite being welcomed back into the Labour Party before the election

The Independent UK

‘Spy cops’ filed reports on Diane Abbott’s anti-racism campaigning, inquiry told

Black MP Bernie Grant also spied on, with secret Met reports claiming he made ‘inflammatory’ speeches

The Guardian - UK

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Labour’s shocking treatment of Diane Abbott could alienate Black voters for years to come

If this is how the party deals with its own MP, how will it treat our communities once it’s in power, asks Maurice Mcleod, a Labour councillor and anti-racism activist

The Guardian - UK

My late husband, Bernie Grant, received vicious abuse like Diane Abbott

Letter: Sharon Grant calls on the Labour party to address its deep-seated problems with race and the abuse that its black MPs have received for decades

The Guardian - UK

They have all earned Britain’s thanks: 20 Black heroes who should be on a postage stamp

To mark Black History Month, we asked an all-star panel to tell us who they would celebrate for their contribution to British society

The Guardian - UK

Labour must better support aspiring black MPs, says Bernie Grant’s widow

Exclusive: Sharon Grant, wife of the late Tottenham MP, criticises party’s progress on BAME representation

The Guardian - UK

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Diane Abbott’s letter shows how antiracism has been reduced to decrying ‘white privilege’

Many of the Labour politician’s fiercest critics pursue an equally divisive approach

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak refuses to apologise for UK slave trade or to pledge reparations

PM says ‘trying to unpick our history is not the right way forward’ in response to Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak confronted with demand for reparations over Britain's role in slave trade

Rishi Sunak rejected a call from Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy to offer a meaningful apology for Britain's role in colonialism and the slave trade and to make reparations following mounting calls

Daily Mirror

Sunak refuses to apologise for UK role in historical slavery when challenged

He was answering MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions when challenged on the issue by Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy.

The Independent UK

Etta Khwaja obituary

Other lives: Deputy headteacher and long-serving community leader in Haringey, north London

The Guardian - UK

Beware the ‘ghostliners’: people who downplay Britain’s slavery shame and mute calls for justice

The row about a Cambridge monument to a slave trafficker shows how far the UK has to go to confront its racist past, says history professor Kris Manjapra

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