Thinktanks issue UK ‘wake-up’ call to danger posed by scientific racism

Guardian and Hope Not Hate investigation has raised the stakes' over threat posed by rightwing ideology

Health institutions and policymakers need to wake up" to the danger posed by scientific racism and attempts to normalise an ideology that poses a significant threat to minority communities, thinktanks have warned.

The Institute of Race Relations, the Race Equality Foundation and Race on the Agenda say they have been raising their voices about the return of race science" beliefs as a subject of open public debate over the past few years, with little response from national institutions.