Dr R David Muir

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  Tutu's enduring anti-apartheid legacy

  Dr R David Muir | Thu 13 Jan 2022 16:47 GMT

  Like Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu will go down in history as an icon of the twentieth century.

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  Policing, society and race 22 years after the Macpherson Inquiry

  Dr R David Muir | Wed 1 Sep 2021 9:52 BST

  Certain events change society and, as a result, change individual lives. This is certainly true of the tragic murder of Stephen Lawrence on 22 April 1993 and the subsequent Macpherson Inquiry into his death. Twenty-two years on from the Macpherson report, where are we now with tackling racism in our society?

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  A tribute to my friend, Joel Edwards

  Dr R David Muir | Thu 8 Jul 2021 9:31 BST

  R David Muir remembers his friend and colleague Joel Edwards as an 'Ambassador of Christ' with a ministry and gift for reconciliation.

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  Will Sir Keir apologise to the Windrush generation?

  Dr R David Muir | Tue 22 Jun 2021 8:35 BST

  On 24 May 1948, the MV Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury carrying hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean looking for a new life in the 'mother country'. On the same day, 11 Labour MPs led by JD Murray wrote to Prime Minister Clement Attlee complaining bitterly about the 'discord and unhappiness' this wave of Caribbean immigrants would cause to Britain. It's time an apology was made, says R David Muir.

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  Remembering George Floyd and the global movement for justice he inspired

  Dr R David Muir | Tue 25 May 2021 9:21 BST

  Thank you Mr George Floyd for giving all of us another 'chance to change', to treat each other with dignity and respect, to pursue righteousness and justice, and help to create the 'beloved community'.

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  It's not about the wallpaper, but the Prime Minister's judgement

  Dr R David Muir | Mon 3 May 2021 9:28 BST

  R David Muir explains what is at stake in the debacle over the Prime Minister's Downing Street refurbishment.

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  After justice for George Floyd, it's time for national soul-searching

  Dr R David Muir | Mon 26 Apr 2021 10:40 BST

  Although the 'system' has failed African Americans from its inception, I would like to think that Tuesday 20 April 2022 was a defining moment in America's race relations history, writes R David Muir, Co-Chair of the National Church Leaders' Forum.

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  A Christian response to the Government's troubling report on race and ethnic disparities

  Dr R David Muir | Sat 17 Apr 2021 9:24 BST

  Of course, there have been changes over the last fifty years, but often the system (and 'institutional racism' is about the system and processes) militates against Black achievement and flourishing. Not to acknowledge this is disingenuous, writes Dr R David Muir.