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Stephen Walcott

@sjwalcott.bsky.social
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Senior researcher at the Runnymede Trust - all things racial justice and all views mine

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 12/03/2025
"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 ⤵️ buff.ly/fpRlIzr
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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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
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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.
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
“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 buff.ly/4h8sFhw
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Stephen Walcott @sjwalcott.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
"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
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shabna.bsky.social @shabna.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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...
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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?
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Stephen Walcott @sjwalcott.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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
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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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
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