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The Race Spies (Black & White)
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In 1998 two men, one black and one white, went undercover in Leeds to reveal racism. Find out what they discovered and how their voices were silenced. www.racespies.com
Kevin offered to get some drinks in.
I often carried a disposable camera. I took the shot below. What happened next has stayed with me...
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here's a story from my time undercover in Leeds recording Black and White.
One evening we headed to a bar in an area of town with a significant afro-carribean community. I was the only white guy in the bar.
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Cowardly Labour Home Secretary completely ignores soaring levels of attacks on mosques - 40% of which involved British flags.

Below - Original article: Chris Osuh, The Guardian Sat 8 Nov 2025
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Has the BBC now been fully captured by the right?

Here are the existing board members, as of Saturday. Now Tim Davie has gone - accused of being left wing, but previously Chair of the Hammersmith & Fulham Conservative Association.

The only TV executive shown here, has just resigned.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
If you want to be entertained and learn some history around the US civil war period, I can highly recommend JAMES - by Percival Everett.

Also recommended by the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction…
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Here are the women that really opened my eyes. After 3 months of undercover work and struggling with my own lack of emotional understanding, I finally understood that racism isn't experienced as isolated incidents, it's an all pervasive reality of negativity and distrust from childhood onwards.
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
If anyone is in any doubt about the level of bile thrown at anyone who raises the hoary head of white British racism in public, our instagram account has just been suspended. Absolutely no explanation.
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
White mother of black daughter shares her daughter's experiences of being racially abused. This is not unusual in Britain.
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Black and White was broadcast over 3 weeks in Feb/March 1999. By then, the BBC, the Independent Production Team and the two investigators were in conflict, with the investigators silenced by legal threats.
October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM