Urban Life
Writer and broadcaster Darcus Howe’s commentary on race and society in Britain
Articles in urban life
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Stop-and-search was never the answer
- Darcus Howe
- 07 February 2008
- 3 comments
Why I will be voting for Ken
- Darcus Howe
- 24 January 2008
- 20 comments
I have never before, during all my time in the capital city, witnessed such a vicious and sustained campaign against a politician
What Obama means to black Britons
- Darcus Howe
- 10 January 2008
- 28 comments
Obama represents the most advanced stage in the development of American blacks
How immigrants are revitalising London
- Darcus Howe
- 29 November 2007
- 19 comments
The one-sided view of immigrants as leeches that worm their way through the indigenous population is laying the basis for social conflict
Ian Blair's reforms must survive him
- Darcus Howe
- 15 November 2007
- 1 comment
The next commissioner's main task will be restoring the confidence of those committed to change
A false messenger
- Darcus Howe
- 01 November 2007
- 3 comments
A return to random stop-and-search of young blacks in the inner cities will throw our communities into violent disorder
A black and white glimpse of the past
- Darcus Howe
- 18 October 2007
- 1 comment
The crowd, black and white, pounced on this vanguard of racism and inflicted on those reactionaries a merciless hiding. And how they ran away!
The sister who brought me home
- Darcus Howe
- 20 September 2007
- 2 comments
Fractured families spread across different continents, living apart from those with whom we are closest - these are the experiences of almost every immigrant home in Britain.
Role models aren't only middle-class
- Darcus Howe
- 06 September 2007
The instinct of any caste or class is to reproduce itself, and so it is with the black and urban middle classes


