Recommendation 80

Thirdly, we note the different approaches to assessing “institutional racism”—the description in the Macpherson report, the six tests developed by Wendy Williams, the criteria proposed by the Sewell Commission, and the approach to assessing and tackling discrimination and racism within public institutions set out in the Equality Act 2010. We believe that the concept of institutional racism set out by the Macpherson report remains extremely important today and that institutions must be able to challenge themselves and to be held publicly to account over inequalities in outcomes, and racism manifested through policies and procedures, as well as within individual attitudes.