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Nick Clegg urges ethnic entrepreneur aid -(Nov 24 2011) Young, Gifted and Black: Business and Media Choices -(2007) The Rise and Rise of the Black British Entrepreneurs - (2006)
Banks should do more to help ethnic minority entrepreneurs start and build companies by giving them better access to loans, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.
In a speech to mark 30 years since Lord Scarman's report into the Brixton riots, Mr Clegg said progress had been made on the legal rights, political representation and public sector employment of black people since the 1981 disturbances, but "grave inequalities" remain in the private sector.
He drew a parallel with the world of football, where a racial "ceiling" allows black players to become stars on the pitch but very few to make it through into management or administration.
He announced a review into banks' treatment of businessmen from ethnic minorities and mounted a staunch defence of the Equality Act - which has faced criticism from some employers - insisting the anti-discrimination legislation is "not going away". Read more...
Britain's black community is brimming with talented media and business people. And why shouldn't it be? And why, though this article is welcome, do we have to run special features to prove that fact? I partly blame my profession. The media can be lazy when it comes to portraying positively people who don't look like those who control it. The result is that the public has a skewed idea as to what we are really about. Read more...
Inspiring future black business success
Four of the UK's leading black business role models will reveal the secrets of their success at 'The Rise and Rise of the Black British Entrepreneurs' discussion panel and networking reception at The British Library on Monday 15 May.
The panel comprises Tim Campbell, the winner of BBC2's The Apprentice in 2005, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, also known as 'The Black Farmer' with his range of Black Farmer brands of sausages, Charles Ejogo the founder of Umbrolly and Yana Johnson founder of Yana Cosmetics. The discussion will be chaired by radio presenter Dotun Adebayo (Radio Five Live and BBC London). Read more..
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Black British is a term which has had different meanings and uses as a racial and political label. Historically it has been used to refer to any non-white British national. The term was first used at the end of the British Empire, when several major colonies formally gained independence and thereby created a new form of national identity. The term was at that time (1950s) used mainly to describe those from the former colonies of Africa, and the Caribbean, i.e. the New Commonwealth. In some circumstances the word "Black" still signifies all ethnic minority populations. Read more...
Black entrepreneurs break through the red line - (2006)
The black British entrepreneur, almost invisible in public consciousness, is more and more common in fact. A report by the Department of Trade and Industry shows that nearly half of black-owned businesses have been trading for less than three years, reflecting an upward trend, with more moving away from niche services such as black hairdressing and catering, and into the mainstream, especially the IT sector.
There are 10,000 black-owned businesses in London, accounting for 4% of all firms in the capital and bringing in £4.5bn for the nation's coffers, with many thousands more across the country. And the numbers are growing. Read more...
British African-Caribbean community in Wikipedia Words
The British African Caribbean communities are residents of the United Kingdom who are of West Indian background and whose ancestors were primarily indigenous to Africa. As immigration to the United Kingdom from Africa increased in the 1990s, the term has been used to include UK residents solely of African origin, or as a term to define all Black British residents, though this is usually denoted by "African and Caribbean". The most common and traditional use of the term Afro-Caribbean community is in reference to groups of residents' continuing aspects of Caribbean culture, customs and traditions in the United Kingdom. Read more...
Black British Literature since Windrush
Black British literature, or that literature written in English by Caribbean, Asian, African, and other people who originated from the ex-British Empire, has an ancient pedigree, as ancient as the Empire itself.
Black writers have been at the forefront of unravelling the economic and psychological relationships at the heart of the Empire. The earliest examples from Olaudah Equiano to Ignatius Sancho in the 18th century, have been about the recovery of self, through autobiographical narratives. Their books, as well as being campaign tracts against slavery, also sought to declare through a first person insistence, their own humanity, against the abuses of Empire. Read more...