Stephen Walcott
@sjwalcott.bsky.social
Senior researcher at the Runnymede Trust - all things racial justice and all views mine
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"For people of colour, there are large, unacceptable variations in access to the core building blocks of good health." 🏥 🥗 💊
Structural racism must be tackled to boost the health of the nation, Stephen Walcott from @runnymedetrust.bsky.social writes ⤵️
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Structural racism must be tackled to boost the health of the nation, Stephen Walcott from @runnymedetrust.bsky.social writes ⤵️
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March 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"For people of colour, there are large, unacceptable variations in access to the core building blocks of good health." 🏥 🥗 💊
Structural racism must be tackled to boost the health of the nation, Stephen Walcott from @runnymedetrust.bsky.social writes ⤵️
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Structural racism must be tackled to boost the health of the nation, Stephen Walcott from @runnymedetrust.bsky.social writes ⤵️
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Our new report with the @healthfoundation.bsky.social shows how structural racism operates across our labour market, housing systems and the lived environment, limiting a person’s opportunity to be healthy.
Read it here 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/how-racism-affects-health
Read it here 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/how-racism-affects-health
How racism affects health
We identify ways in which racism operates within the everyday structures of our society – the labour market, housing systems and lived environment – and limits people’s opportunity to be healthy.
www.runnymedetrust.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Our new report with the @healthfoundation.bsky.social shows how structural racism operates across our labour market, housing systems and the lived environment, limiting a person’s opportunity to be healthy.
Read it here 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/how-racism-affects-health
Read it here 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/how-racism-affects-health
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“How can we reverse the cycle of poor housing, poverty, and ill health?” Stephen Walcott & Serena Robinson of @runnymedetrust.bsky.social explore in our latest blog post – noting how these issues intersect with racial divides. #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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January 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“How can we reverse the cycle of poor housing, poverty, and ill health?” Stephen Walcott & Serena Robinson of @runnymedetrust.bsky.social explore in our latest blog post – noting how these issues intersect with racial divides. #LSEInequalitiesBlog
https://buff.ly/4h8sFhw
https://buff.ly/4h8sFhw
"Reversing racial wealth and health disparities will require bold change, a substantial power shift and significant, long-term investment...viewing home ownership less aspirationally and certainly not as an asset for wealth accumulation"
✍🏽 Me and my colleague Serena for @lseinequalities.bsky.social
✍🏽 Me and my colleague Serena for @lseinequalities.bsky.social
Homeowners tend to accumulate wealth, leaving behind those in rented accommodation - disproportionately people of colour - not only in terms of wealth, but also health, write Stephen Walcott & Serena Robinson of @runnymedetrust.bsky.social #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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January 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"Reversing racial wealth and health disparities will require bold change, a substantial power shift and significant, long-term investment...viewing home ownership less aspirationally and certainly not as an asset for wealth accumulation"
✍🏽 Me and my colleague Serena for @lseinequalities.bsky.social
✍🏽 Me and my colleague Serena for @lseinequalities.bsky.social
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Me on #bbcpoliticslive today explaining on behalf of @runnymedetrust.bsky.social why MPs scapegoating migrants for all our social ills, is both dishonest and a distraction from political choices and failures.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Politics Live - 12/12/2024
What will the government’s housebuilding plans mean for local communities? And what will new Brexit rules mean for small businesses?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Me on #bbcpoliticslive today explaining on behalf of @runnymedetrust.bsky.social why MPs scapegoating migrants for all our social ills, is both dishonest and a distraction from political choices and failures.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Controlling for housing, employment and family characteristics cannot explain ethnic inequalities in deep, long term poverty
Only by eliminating structural racism can we eliminate poverty for people of colour
Only by eliminating structural racism can we eliminate poverty for people of colour
Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani families are up to 5x more likely to be living in severe poverty for a long time compared to white families in the UK 📢
We've carried out new research to understand what these families experience and why they have this elevated risk 1/6
We've carried out new research to understand what these families experience and why they have this elevated risk 1/6
December 3, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Controlling for housing, employment and family characteristics cannot explain ethnic inequalities in deep, long term poverty
Only by eliminating structural racism can we eliminate poverty for people of colour
Only by eliminating structural racism can we eliminate poverty for people of colour
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This summer’s racist riots were the clear outcome of intensifying Islamophobia in the UK.
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
November 19, 2024 at 10:29 AM
This summer’s racist riots were the clear outcome of intensifying Islamophobia in the UK.
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO
Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO