Racism at work 'still rife'

BLATANT and shocking racism still exists in parts of the world of work, according to a report yesterday.

Ethnic minorities living and working in Britain consider professions including banking, politics, law and journalism as closed off to them.

The report, Aspiration and Frustration, studied the attitudes of 1,500 people from every main ethnic groups living in the UK, including white Britons.

"Some professions, especially those that offer the best pay, are still not perceived by a large minority of the country's Bame (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic] population as genuine career options," said Sandra Kerr, national director of Race for Opportunity, which carried out the survey for the Business in the Community group.

Almost half of all respondents perceived the police to be a racist profession.