It comes as a damning independent report found that the London Fire Bridge (LFB) was 'institutionally misogynist and racist'.
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He said his experience of racism"ramped up" when he was in a team that was supposed to be delivering anti-racism work. He said they were looking into racism"but they couldn't handle it". He said he felt the"constant pressure" of going into meetings and reliving the racism but was told"for his own well-being" that he should"go back to the station".
"It was very much a culture from headquarters as punching down and looking down and seeing firefighters as a specific kind of person. The amount of times that I was in headquarters when they'd say things to me like 'you're really articulate. You speak really well'.
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