An antiracism campaign group said more people recognised a need for racial justice than five years ago.

A spokeswoman for Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda said that a summer survey found that 86 per cent agreed there was a need for more work towards equality and social justice.

The compared to a figure of 83 per cent in 2014 and 79 per cent in 2012.

The charity said that there was a “significant difference” in responses between white people and black people in the latest survey.

The spokeswoman added: “While both of the racial groups felt there was a need to work towards racial justice, blacks were more likely to feel that way than whites and others — 90 per cent compared to 79 per cent.

The sample — drawn from the voting population — were also asked if they thought race relations had improved, remained unchanged or worsened over the past two years.

The spokeswoman said: “Here, there was little difference between the two groups.

Fourteen per cent of each racial group equally felt that race relations had improved, while 51 per cent of blacks and 46 per cent of whites and others felt that there had been no change in race relations.”

But the spokeswoman added that 33 per cent of black voters and 40 per cent of white voters felt race relations had worsened.

Government has launched an online forum on race relations to find out the extent of problems and how they could be tackled.

• For more information, visit www.forum.gov.bm