{"id":360325,"date":"2021-03-31T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=360325"},"modified":"2021-03-31T15:01:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:01:06","slug":"u-k-race-report-says-country-is-a-relatively-open-society-not-rigged-against-ethnic-minorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-race-report-says-country-is-a-relatively-open-society-not-rigged-against-ethnic-minorities\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Race Report Says Country Is \u2018A Relatively Open Society,\u2019 Not \u2018Rigged Against Ethnic Minorities\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-k-race-report-says-country-is-a-relatively-open-society-not-rigged-against-ethnic-minorities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=360325&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4843.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/974507\/20210331_-_CRED_Report_-_FINAL_-_Web_Accessible.pdf\">report<\/a> released by a Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities in the United Kingdom showed that the country is \u201ca relatively open society\u201d and does not have a system that is \u201cdeliberately rigged against ethnic minorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that the United Kingdom is not \u201cyet a post-racial society which has completed the long journey to equality of opportunity.\u201d It said that \u201coutright racism still exists in the UK,\u201d but according to its examination, \u201cthe evidence reveals that ours is nevertheless a relatively open society.\u201d It also aded, \u201cThe country has come a long way in 50 years and the success of much of the ethnic minority population in education and, to a lesser extent, the economy, should be regarded as a model for other White-majority countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-56585538\">BBC<\/a> reported on the main findings of the study, which include:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Children from ethnic-minority communities did as well or better than white pupils in compulsory education, with black Caribbean pupils the only group to perform less well<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>This success in education has \u201ctransformed British society over the last 50 years into one offering far greater opportunities for all\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The pay gap between all ethnic minorities and the white majority population had shrunk to 2.3% overall and was barely significant for employees under 30<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Diversity has increased in professions such as law and medicine<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>But some communities continue to be \u201chaunted\u201d by historic racism, which is creating \u201cdeep mistrust\u201d and could be a barrier to success&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The report had four main areas of focus: \u201ceducation and training,\u201d \u201cemployment, fairness at work, and enterprise,\u201d \u201ccrime and policing,\u201d and \u201chealth.\u201d It also looked into \u201cthe intersection of some of the most pertinent causes holding back equality of opportunity,\u201d including ethnicity, socio-economic background, geography, and culture and degree of integration.<\/p>\n<p>The report\u2019s introduction stated, \u201cWe found that most of the disparities we examined, which some attribute to racial discrimination, often do not have their origins in racism \u2026 There is much evidence to suggest, for example, that different experiences of family life and structure can explain many disparities in education outcomes and crime. Early years experiences, including stability and security at home, matters to children more than anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson requested the commission to be formed last summer after racism became a main topic and concern in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Chair of the commission, Tony Sewell, included a foreword at the beginning of the report, explaining his involvement. He stated that the commission was comprised of 10 members from various fields and all but one of them are from minority backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Sewell wrote, \u201cThe word mistrust was repeated often as some witnesses from the police service, mental health, education and health services felt that the system was not on their side. Once we interrogated the data we did find some evidence of biases, but often it was a perception that the wider society could not be trusted. For some groups historic experience of racism still haunts the present and there was a reluctance to acknowledge that the UK had become open and fairer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sewell also wrote that their information collected showed many circumstances of success among minorities. \u201cThese have often been ignored or have been seen to be of little interest (to the media),\u201d he added. Sewell also stated that this is the first study on race commissioned by the government \u201cthat seriously engages with the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sewell wrote, \u201cPut simply we no longer see a Britain where the system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities. The impediments and disparities do exist, they are varied, and ironically very few of them are directly to do with racism. Too often \u2018racism\u2019 is the catch-all explanation, and can be simply implicitly accepted rather than explicitly examined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the evidence of the report demonstrates that other factors \u201chave more significant impact on life chances than the existence of racism,\u201d including geography, family influence, and socio-economic background. Still, he stated that racism is \u201ca real force in the UK\u201d and the commission takes it seriously.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-56585538\">BBC<\/a> reports, \u201cIn a statement issued after the report was published, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was \u2018right\u2019 that ministers now consider its recommendations in detail and assess \u2018the implications for future government policy\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said, \u201cThe entirety of government remains fully committed to building a fairer Britain and taking the action needed to address disparities wherever they exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some are unhappy with the findings of the report, and have specifically called out its discussion of slavery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/british-governments-gaslighting-report-on-racism-says-slavery-had-some-upsides\">The Daily Beast<\/a> reported,\u201dPerhaps the low point of the report is when it appears to find some benefits of the African slave trade\u2014an atrocity in which Britain very much led the way. The government report chirpily states: \u2018There is a new story about the Caribbean experience which speaks to the slave period not only being about profit and suffering but how culturally African people transformed themselves into a re-modelled African\/Britain.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported that Rehana Azam, the national secretary of the GMB trade union, said, \u201cOnly this government could produce a report on race in the 21st century that actually gaslights Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic people and communities. This feels like a deeply cynical report that not only ignores Black and ethnic minority workers\u2019 worries, but is part of an election strategy to divide working class people and voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report released by a Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities in the United Kingdom showed that the country is \u201ca relatively open society\u201d and does not have a system &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311465,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4843.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"U.K. Race Report Says Country Is \u2018A Relatively Open Society,\u2019 Not \u2018Rigged Against Ethnic Minorities\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4843.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"U.K. Race Report Says Country Is \u2018A Relatively Open Society,\u2019 Not \u2018Rigged Against Ethnic Minorities\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}