It must be racism!

Oxford
Oxford University is in trouble with the race police this week, according to the Daily Mail. Trevor Phillips of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission has described the university’s record as “dire”.

No, he’s not talking about the fact that forty-seven Nobel Prize winners have taught or studied at Oxford, nor is he talking about Oxford’s ranking as the UK’s top university in the Times Good University Guide.

That’s not the sort of record Mr Phillips is interested in. For him, Oxford’s record is “dire” because the University admitted only one black Caribbean student last year.

For Mr Phillips this fact is clear evidence of racism. Presumably he draws the same conclusion from the fact that while blacks are disproportionately absent from Oxford, they are disproportionately present in the UK’s prisons. Around 15% of the UK’s prisoners are black, compared to 2.2% of the general population.

It must be racism, mustn’t it?

BNP would love it here, Emma Thompson tells Exeter students

Actress urges students to carry on fighting prejudice; claims Rwandan-born son endured ‘unpleasant’ experiences.

GUARDIAN, 6 Nov 2009: The actor Emma Thompson has urged a university to work to stamp out racism after her adopted son endured “unpleasant” experiences while studying there. Thompson says Rwandan-born Tindyebwa Agaba suffered because of the colour of his skin during his first year studying politics at Exeter University.

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On Thursday, during the debate entitled All Africans Now: Artistry and Activism, a member of the audience raised the issue of the BNP and comments by its leader that London was no longer a British city because of its racial diversity.

Thompson replied that Griffin “would feel very comfortable here”. The questioner asked: “What can we do to change the whiteness of Devon and Cornwall? How can we expand our university?”

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Gipsy and traveller children get priority at popular state schools

DAILY MAIL, 11Jul09:  Gipsy and traveller children are being given priority admission to popular state schools, it emerged yesterday.  Schools are being told to offer places to such children even if they are full or have a long waiting list.  They must take in the pupils even if travellers ‘are camped on the roadside and may not be here long’, according to Government guidance.  Traveller children can also be registered at two schools at once, with their place at a ‘base’ school kept open for as long as they might need it, even if other children are on a waiting list.

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Lessons about gays will be compulsory from age of 11

DAILY MAIL, 28Apr09: Pupils as young as 11 will be taught about homosexuality and civil partnerships in compulsory sex education classes.  All secondary schools  –  including faith schools  –  will have to teach children about same-sex relationships as well as traditional families.  Previously, heads could decide to opt out of teaching the controversial subject.  Personal, social and health education classes are due to become part of the compulsory national curriculum in primary and secondary schools from September 2011.

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