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Marcus Ryder

Marcus Ryder is a visiting professor at Birmingham City University in media diversity and executive producer of New Media for Caixin Global

<p>‘While there might be positive Muslim individuals on screen, the communities are invariably portrayed as problematic; populated with forced marriages and potential terrorists’ </p>

Not all Muslim communities harbour terrorists – but TV thinks they do

<p>I do not think we do our children any favours by pretending that slavery didn’t exist</p>

We should think twice before we watch The Little Mermaid with our kids

Pc Fabian Aguilar-Delgado jointed the Metropolitan Police in 2019 (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

The Casey report into the Met is deeply shocking – but all is not lost

<p>Earlier this year, I co-edited the book ‘Black British Lives Matter’ with Lenny Henry, where we highlighted the importance of Black people in every aspect of British life</p>

Black History Month should be renamed ‘accurate history month’

<p>‘Only Fools and Horses’ was cited as an example of ‘distinctly British’ TV series </p>

There’s so much more to a ‘British’ programme than white characters

The new BBC guidelines are problematic for minority groups

The BBC has a lot to learn about impartiality and its gay staff

Tim Davie has shown he has editorial decisiveness

There is really only one solution to all of the BBC's ills

The report featuring the uncensored use of the N-word

I worked at the BBC for years – it was wrong to broadcast the N-word