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The colour of power

An examination of the lack of BAME representation in the upper echelons of power in Britain, in conjunction with Operation Black Vote's Colour of Power project

27 July 2021

  • Former Arsenal player Patrick Vieira has taken over from Roy Hodgson as manager of Crystal Palace

    Colour of Power report: who are the new BAME figures in top UK jobs?

  • anti-racism protests in London

    UK doubles number of people from minority ethnic backgrounds in prominent roles

17 January 2018

  • Graduates from many different cultures graduating from University of Birmingham, Birmingham UK - Concept - Multicultural Britain<br>GE1429 Graduates from many different cultures graduating from University of Birmingham, Birmingham UK - Concept - Multicultural Britain

    Why do black students quit university more often than their white peers?

    Black students are 1.5 times more likely to drop out than their white and Asian counterparts. Understanding why is vital

30 September 2017

  • Just 3% of Britain’s most powerful people are from ethnic minorities.

    The Colour of Power: how collaboration is transforming our reporting

  • Three men in suits sitting at a table

    The colour of the boardroom – and why it might affect the bottom line

29 September 2017

  • colour-of-power

    Why are there so few BAME leaders in Britain? – podcast

  • Colour of power

    'I heard the N-word in a board meeting': readers on race and power in the UK

27 September 2017

  • Minnesota Vikings head coach Dennis Green

    How well have racial quotas worked around the world?

    From the NFL’s Rooney Rule to India’s reservation policy, schemes to improve BAME life chances have proven controversial. But have they been successful?

26 September 2017

  • G2 Cover G2 BAME online Illustration re discrimination in the workplace

    'You’re talked to as if you are a junior' – employees on workplace racism

    Black, Asian and minority ethnic people are still hugely under-represented in senior roles at work. And this glass ceiling is confirmed by the raw and revealing experiences of the Guardian readers who contacted us

25 September 2017

  • Simon Woolley

    Britain’s elite is bright white – but doesn’t brilliance come in all colours?

    Simon Woolley
  • Take the 1,000 most powerful people in Britain. How many are not white? Leah Green delves into the data on representation at the top of British society. From politics to law, charities, sport, business, the media and the military, the gatekeepers at the top of British society are overwhelmingly white

    2:25

    The colour of power: why is the British establishment so white? – video

  • City of London skyline

    Snowy peak syndrome: why UK organisations remain white at the top

  • Katharine Viner, the Guardian's editor-in-chief, talks diversity with London mayor Sadiq Khan

    3:42

    London mayor Sadiq Khan explains the importance of laws to improve diversity – video

24 September 2017

  • Sharon White, Edward Enninful and Sadiq Khan.

    Who are the 36 BAME people among the UK's 1,000 most powerful?

    Only a tiny handful of top leaders from the worlds of politics, media, finance and more are minority ethnic. This is who they are
  • Colour of power

    Revealed: Britain's most powerful elite is 97% white

    Exclusive: just 36 of 1,000 most powerful people are from ethnic minorities, despite decades of anti-discrimination laws
  • Man's face in silhouette

    How did we create the list of Britain's 1,000 most powerful people?

    A new analysis has found that barely 3% of Britain’s most powerful people are non-white. Find out more about our methodology
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