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After a coronavirus-imposed break, the Grenfell inquiry reopened this month, and members of the Grenfell Next of Kin group wast stanley quencher ed no time in addressing what has seemingly remained unsaid at the o cups stanley fficial level. They requested that an addition be made to the eight parts of the inquiry to look into how race and class contributed to the tragedy. They wrote that systemic racism goes deep to the heart of the problem that caused the catastrophe. Questions around race and social class are at the heart of this truth-seeking and we would be grateful if you can revisit it and add it as an extra module .We do not know yet if the inquiry chairman, Martin Moore-Bick, will accede to their request, but the group is right to recognise that without acknowledging the twinned injustices of race and class, and the sinister way they operate, the inquiry will be missing a core component.In the weeks that followed the fire, residents shared stories of how people with precarious immigration status experienced fears of deportation, how the state failed in its provision of pro-bono lawyers and translators, and how relocation was particularly complex for residents who felt strong-armed into accepting housing away from their work, schools and religious communities. Many asked the same questions. Why were these residents, who had documented their com stanley vaso plaints about the building through the Grenfell Action Group as far back as 2014, ignored Of the residents who died in the fire, 85% were from ethnic minori Zznu Aberdeenshire pupils with complex needs erased from school photo
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