Institutional racism threatens success of UK’s black music

A report by MPs found that prejudices against urban acts persist despite the scrapping of the Metropolitan Police’s form 696

INSTITUTIONAL RACISM threatens the success of black British music and artists, a report from MPs has said.

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s report on live music, which was published on Tuesday, found that there were numerous cases of councils and venues failing to support urban acts because of concerns over perceived risks.

Even since the Metropolitan Police’s controversial form 696 was scrapped, a move that the committee said it welcomed, those working with Britain’s urban music scene are clear that prejudice against artists producing or playing black music remains.

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