- Paperback: 478 pages
- Publisher: Profile Books (10 Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 186197227X
- ISBN-13: 978-1861972279
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 383,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain was established by the Runnymede Trust and given the task of analysing the current state of multi-ethnic Britain and to propose ways of countering racial discrimination. One of the main assumptions of the report is that England, Scotland and Wales are at a turning point in their history and could go one of two ways; either they become narrow and inward looking, characterised by conflict between themselves, between regions and among the various communities which make up the populace, or they "develop as a community of citizens" as well as a "community of communities". To avoid the former and achieve the latter involves a thorough discussion around a number of basic themes including rethinking the national story and identity, understanding that all identities are in a process of transition, developing a balance between cohesion, equality and difference, addressing and eliminating all forms of racism, reducing material inequalities, and building a pluralistic human rights culture. The report is built around these six themes, but split into three parts. Part one discusses the themes, while part two discusses how these themes ought to be realised in various areas of social policy, including the criminal justice system, employment, the media, education, health, the arts, immigration and asylum. The third and final part deals with the role of government in providing direction, resources and leadership.
The 23 individuals who made up the Commission represent an impressive breadth of experience and expertise in race-related issues. Undoubtedly the report represents the most important contribution to the national debate on racial discrimination for many years and the Commission's recommendations for the basic reform of the country's social, cultural, and political institutions are bound to be taken seriously. All discussions of multi-ethnic Britain from now onward will have to take this as their basis. --Larry Brown
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Britain has made some progress towards reducing racist violence and racial discrimination, but it still has a long way to go before it can claim to be a tolerant and just multi-ethnic society that is at ease with, delights in and profits from its rich diversity. This report by the Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain describes and analyses the contemporary reality and suggests the way forward. The Commission was established by the Runnymede Trust and was composed of people with a long record of intellectual and political engagement with race related issues. They were drawn from a range of community backgrounds and walks of life and spent nearly two years working out a comprehensive agenda of action in such key areas as criminal justice, employment, health, the media, education, the arts, immigration, political representation, legislation and human rights. No other European country, nor even the United States, has produced such a report. All discussions of multi-ethnic Britain from now onwards will have to take this as their basis. Visit the website of the Runnymede Trust
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10 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Politically biased and deeply skewed,
This review is from: The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain. The Parekh Report (Paperback)
The Parekh report is partisan. It rides rough-shod over the interests of the huge majority of British people, ie those who are not within a minority ethnic group. 5 years on it must take some responsibility for the identity crises now being felt in the country, as so much of it has driven social policy, especially in local government. It is a deconstructive and anti-national work and one of its outcomes has been to erode the concept of collective shared memory in public culture which hitherto has underpinned nationhood and social cohesion. It is a work which I feel in the future will be regarded as extremely left-field and unrepresentative.
11 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Disgraceful, post-modern, antinational, deconstructive drivel,
By Antonia Jackson (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain. The Parekh Report (Paperback)
This book epitomises all that is wrong with modern Britain the so called 'post-nation' (Parekh's term). Its voice is firmly entrenched in the ideology of race war politics, and its impact has been symptomatic of the dictatorial fascism of human rights culture - rammed down the throats of the majority British population for the last 10 years.
The true poverty of the multicultural dogma is shown for all its worth; Parekh for example recommends removing the English national traditions from public culture, and establishing a relativist moral and cultural framework based on an idealised form of 'respect'. He does this whilst ignoring the accepted psychological and sociological forces which bond people together. 6 years on this 'community of communities' approach is proving to be a national liability. The publication has in effect empowered many communities to live parallel lives, with few shared touch points with wider society. History teaches that inclusivity, and acceptance can only come through sharing in the national story - that means its traditions, history, world view and public culture. Britain needs a civic national model that is consistent with the history and identity of each of the nations which make up the UK, and a *shared* public culture, that can unite people irrespective of race. Britain has managed to assimilate millions of people over hundreds of years - but assimilation, not differentiation and diversity politics, has been the key. Runnymede Trust, of which Parekh is Patron, is a post-modern, Marxist think-tank, which seeks to further integrate the UK within the EU model. The recommendations made within the report must ultimately be taken in the context of Runnymede's extreme left-wing agenda. The report is ultimately an antinomian, totalitarian, and divisive work which seeks to establish a new order, one which the majority of the British public emphatically reject.
7 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must-read for all those who want to improve the future!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain. The Parekh Report (Paperback)
The Parekh Report is a production which will be influential to the development of the UK in the future. Although we are rightly proud of being a "developed country" in the world, we still have a long way to go towards being a fully tolerant nation, which values the contributions made by the different ethnic minorities in the UK. This book should be compulsory reading for everyone, so that we can try to move away from the sort of troubles that have led to the intolerence and hatred exemplified in the Stephen Lawrence case, and the ongoing trouble in Northern Ireland. I repeat this should be compulsory reading.
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