UK race report attempted to normalise white supremacy: UN experts

UN working group slams controversial report commissioned by the government, but PM Johnson stands by findings.

A body of experts that advises the United Nations on human rights concerns has criticised a government-backed report that concluded there was no systemic racism in the United Kingdom. The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said on Monday that it was stunned to find that the report “repackages racist tropes and stereotypes into fact”, as it urged the British government to reject the findings. “The report cites dubious evidence to make claims that rationalise white supremacy by using the familiar arguments that have always justified racial hierarchy,” the Geneva-based working group said.