Hope springs eternal
White families on the country’s poorest estates believe they havebeen ‘betrayed’ and ‘abandoned’ by politicians who favour newly-arrivedimmigrants, a Government report acknowledged today.
It found that people on council estates think they always come second to immigrants for housing and benefits.
Manyfeel they have been shoved aside by politicians who use politicalcorrectness and allegations of racism to stifle honest discussion, itsaid.
The report for the Department of Communities and LocalGovernment drew an admission from Communities Secretary Hazel Blearsthat white working class people ‘sometimes just don’t feel anyone islistening or speaking up for them.’
She said people should be allowed to talk about their worries ‘without fear of being branded a racist.’
Thefindings, produced by Mrs Blear’s ‘National Community Forum’, appearanother step on Labour’s road away from multiculturalism, the left-wingdoctrine that dominated ministerial thinking until the 2005 London Julybombings.
Under multiculturalism, ethnic minority groups areencouraged to develop their own identity while critics say valuesassociated with white groups are dismissed as racist.
Today’sreport was based on interviews with 43 people on largely-white housingestates in Birmingham, Runcorn, Milton Keynes and Thetford in Norfolk.
Itfound that ‘by far the most frequent context for referring to ethnicminorities is that of perceived competition for resources – typicallyhousing, but also employment, benefits, territory and culture.’