EXCLUSIVE: Stop condemning us for fighting racism

Eastern Eye22 Feb, 2024News

His comments come as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has asked Afzal to head a panel to investigate the culture in the profession it regulates. The 61-year-old is no stranger to investigating toxic cultures. Last year, his panel concluded that the London Fire Brigade was ?institutionally misogynist and racist?. ?People of colour who are in positions of leadership of will tell you, as I will tell you, that we are not immune from racism, that we are not vaccinated against it,? Afzal said. ?Sometimes racism appears in very sophisticated forms, and sometimes it appears in surreptitious forms.