The Runnymede Trust's Platform series is an opportunity to engage with senior representative of mainstream political parties, through which they can set out their views on what actions are necessary tackle inequality and create a cohesive ethnically diverse society at ease with itself.
In this installation, the former Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Youth and Equalities, Lynne Featherstone MP, lays out a Liberal Democrat vision for race equality. In the spirit of open debate, the author was keen to hear responses from expert academics in the field. As such, academics such as Professor Harry Goulbourne of London South Bank University (LSBU) and Dr Claire Alexander of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) expressed their criticisms of the Liberal Democrat approach to race equality, highlighting the gap between the policy and political debate on race equality and theoretical and academic positions.
