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Ken Loach on stage at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London
AN ANTI-RACISM charity has reaffirmed filmmaker Ken Loach as a judge of its annual schools art competition, despite a smear campaign by the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD).
Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) last month faced calls to ditch Mr Loach from the BoD, which accused the director of anti-semitism.
The charity — which encourages young people to produce art with an anti-racism theme – said it had been contacted by ”many prominent figures in academia, the arts, education, law, media, politics, science and sport” to endorse its decision to work with Mr Loach and author Michael Rosen.
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