Partha Kar: Holding up a mirror to racism in the NHS

Listening to Azeem Rafiq’s testimony to MPs about institutional racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club,1 it all rings true—and it burns. It burns to the core of your soul. What Rafiq has gone through could be the story of many an NHS doctor or nurse. The banter, the jokes, the sly comments, the racial slurs, the obstruction to career progression . . . they’ve been a constant presence during my career in the NHS. It’s easy to brush these off as...