Comments on: Inequalities and unfair discrimination persist in the UK - Commons DCLG Select Committee http://www.tmponline.org/2007/08/02/inequalities-and-unfair-discrimination-persist-in-the-uk-commons-dclg-select-committee/ The online political magazine and forum Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:05:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: andrew iddon http://www.tmponline.org/2007/08/02/inequalities-and-unfair-discrimination-persist-in-the-uk-commons-dclg-select-committee/#comment-129 andrew iddon Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:33:44 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=164#comment-129 "Deep and entrenched inequalities and unfair discrimination persist in the UK. The Committee notes that at the current rate of progress, it may take decades for some groups of people to achieve parity in employment and education while for others―such as Pakistani and Bangladeshi women or disabled people―on current trends parity will never be achieved" Sorry, but this is nonsense - it's not a matter of people being equal, it's a matter of people being TREATED as equal - the reasons for the relative failure of Pakistani or Bangladeshi women in comparison to their Indian migrant counterparts clearly demonstrates this issue is not one of discrimination, but rather the product of a cultural issue present within the Pakistani and Bangladeshi Communities. “Deep and entrenched inequalities and unfair discrimination persist in the UK. The Committee notes that at the current rate of progress, it may take decades for some groups of people to achieve parity in employment and education while for others―such as Pakistani and Bangladeshi women or disabled people―on current trends parity will never be achieved”

Sorry, but this is nonsense - it’s not a matter of people being equal, it’s a matter of people being TREATED as equal - the reasons for the relative failure of Pakistani or Bangladeshi women in comparison to their Indian migrant counterparts clearly demonstrates this issue is not one of discrimination, but rather the product of a cultural issue present within the Pakistani and Bangladeshi Communities.

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