Trevor Phillips is in danger of giving succour to racists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1589876,00.html
Any chair of the CRE who doesn't know whether 'coloured' is an
appropriate term should consider his position
Lee Jasper
Wednesday October 12, 2005
The Guardian
There is now a concerted attempt in Britain to shift the debate about
race from taking on and confronting racism and racial inequality to
blaming black and Asian communities for the problems that many face.
The buzzword is "integration", now often counterposed, falsely, to
multiculturalism.
Culturally distinct communities can be hugely positive and beneficial.
We have many such examples of people choosing to live in an area where
they are able to worship, shop and bring up their children within the
context of their culture. But opponents of multiculturalism have used
the post-9/11, post-London bombings climate to push their agenda.
Multiculturalism, it is argued, elevates difference and therefore
enhances segregation. The Trojan horse for this argument is the debate
about Britain's Muslim communities, much of which is simply
Islamophobic. The rightwing press is now rampant with the argument that
multiculturalism intensifies segregation.
Lee Jasper
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Trevor Phillips
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/953ad84c8ae826b2
Racism
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/f686c991ca364aaa
Multiculturalism
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/a246f1f5bb6adbdf
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