The Met acknowledges that hate crimes, including racist hate crimes, have a serious and lasting impact.
The force says it is setting up a new detective-led hate crime team to improve investigations.
In a statement, Supt Owen Renowden, the Met’s hate crime lead, said: “We’re adapting our approach to improve both the speed and quality of our response, while strengthening outcomes for victims.”
A common theme running through all these stories is the disbelief that the racist abuse endured by our parents’ and grandparents’ generations is still a reality in modern London.
Jimmy said: “I mean, we’ve been here generations in the UK and even though my parents have experienced racism, my grandparents have experienced racism, now I’m part of that, I guess, pain and I guess, all of that trauma.”
Ashlee and Uzma say they feel a responsibility to speak up.
“Perhaps in our parents’ generation, they would have just shrugged it off,” Ashlee says.
“I think that’s what is different now is that our generation, when something is wrong, we are going to call it out.”
Uzma says: “We’ve got to make a fuss about it so it’s really clear that this behaviour is not OK. As a generation, we’re not going to put up with it.
“Our parents did. We are not going to. We have no reason to.”
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