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Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities risks ‘raising the temperature’ in racism debate

Targeted ads allegedly used to encourage 3.5 million voters to stay away from polls

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Wednesday 24 June

The Downing Street adviser has accused previous anti-racism probes of fostering ‘culture of grievance’

Atlanta police chief resigns after unarmed black man killed by officer

Campaigners welcome race commission launch announcement - but criticise PM’s ‘condescending’ language

Cecil Rhodes and even William Gladstone may share Edward Colston’s fate

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Wednesday 10 June

Biden urges voters to build ‘the America we know we can be’ as Trump attacks his ‘weakness’

Violence spreads across US following police killing of black man in Minneapolis

Family of unarmed victim demanding harsher charges against ex-police officer

Police criticised for ‘heavy-handed’ response to nationwide protests over George Floyd’s death

Disentangling ethnicity from the effects of deprivation is complicated

Academic raises red flag over lack of data on Covid-19 deaths among people from BAME backgrounds

Move to diversify plaster offering follows viral tweet last year

Your guide to what’s worth seeing and reading this weekend

Identity politics has played an important role in advancing civil rights, but some say the term itself is problematic

Spat between Labour MP David Lammy and BBC documentary-maker Stacey Dooley reignites debate over stereotypes

Northern Irish actor says he walked the streets armed with cosh following rape of loved one

Anthony Lennon’s parents are white Irish but he identifies as ‘African born again’

Actor posts picture of black teenager on Instagram and condemns ‘inaction’ of white Americans

Historians say Prince Harry’s fiancee may not be first family member with mixed heritage

Marvel’s new editor-in-chief admits he is ‘Akira Yoshida’ behind Japan-set comics

55% of white people say society is biased against them - but far fewer claimed to have experienced discrimination

In Depth: postwar mass slayings of black people exceed shootings in Las Vegas and Orlando