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| 2015-03-08 |
| h/t Instapundit A former equality chief has branded his years working to stamp out racial discrimination as 'utterly wrong'. Writer and broadcaster Trevor Phillips said efforts made under the Blair government turned anti-racism into an 'ugly new doctrine'. Mr Phillips is the former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and has waged a 30-year campaign to tackle issues around discrimination and equality. In an upcoming Channel 4 documentary, called Things We Won't Say About Race That Are True, he says attempts to stop prejudice instead encouraged abuse and endangered lives as well as contributed to the rise of parties like Ukip. 'Campaigners like me seriously believed that if we could prevent people expressing prejudiced ideas then eventually they would stop thinking them. 'But now I'm convinced we were utterly wrong.' Mr Phillips, a Labour party member, says anti-racism began with good intentions but turned into 'thought control'. He says the London 2005 bombing by British Muslims, forced him to do rethink his views. Now, he insists that only a willingness to talk more openly about race, despite risk of causing offence, will help those in need. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #2 He says the London 2005 bombing by British Muslims, forced him to do rethink his views. That was almost an entire decade ago. The man most definitely is not what you might call a zippy thinker. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-08 22:07 |
| #1 Mr Phillips, no sh*t, finally gave up on your rainbow and unicorn dreams or were you just revived from a 30 year coma, of course its thought control. What, now that you have retired and are collecting a fat government pension, you decide you can tell the truth? Look dullard, treat people the way you would like to be treated, fairly, with respect and a speck of kindness, and you might just reach the goal. |
| Posted by: Thavins Clase8010 2015-03-08 14:16 |