Racism is a systemic issue that pervades every aspect of life in the United States and around the world. In recent months, its corrosive…

As the Black Lives Matter protests rage on in the US, many people in Scotland are wondering what they can do to show solidarity with the movement. Between 2000 and 2013, there were more race-related murders per capita in Scotland than in the rest of the UK – 1.8 murders per million, compared to 1.3, according to the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER).

Branches of Co-op in the south of England have been using real-time facial recognition cameras to scan shoppers entering stores. § See US based studies on FRT which shows the technology can be unreliable for black people, especially black women.