Backlash in the UK over Johnson’s race commission plans

The World

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to set up a new commission to look at racial inequality in the United Kingdom. It follows two weeks of protests in London and other main cities in Britain against police brutality and race disparity. The World’s Orla Barry in London tells host Marco Werman that race activists and opposition politicians are not impressed.

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