Race Tsar Criticizes Diversity Impact on Mental Health

0:00On March 26, Lorde Soule, the government's former race star, has criticized diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts for influencing mental health. Workers. He says these ideas led them to avoid detaining a paranoid schizophrenic killer in 2020, fearing it might look racist because the man was. Black. This came up as an inquiry probes the case of Waldo Callacane, who stabbed three people to death in Nottingham in 2023. Workers consulted studies showing over-representation of young black men in mental health detention. Despite that, Callacane had been held four other times before his attacks, which killed 19-year-old students Barnaby Weber and Grace. O'Malley Kumar, plus 65-year-old Ian Coats. Soule spoke at an event marking five years since his landmark race report, which found Britain is not institutionally racist. He blamed a culture of white guilt for making professionals too scared to act on clear risks and for ignoring his recommendations. He explained mental health disparities among black men, often stem from historic distrust of the system, leading to late treatment in crisis rather than early care.

1:09His report also highlighted better school performance by many ethnic minority kids compared to white working-class pupils. Meanwhile, C. Will notes Britain has improved greatly on race issues over his lifetime, pointing to figures like Tory leader Kimmy Botanock as proof. Even as challenges persist for poor white boys at the bottom of education stats, the inquiry into these failures continues.