Racist comment triggers Civic Trust Awards boycott
The chair of the RIBA offshoot Architects for Change is boycotting the Civic Trust Awards, following alleged racist comments by one of the scheme's volunteers. Sumita Sinha, who has served as an assessor on the scheme for three years, has informed the trust that it cannot call on her services until it guarantees that racism is a thing of the past.
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