No improvement in Labour’s mistreatment of its Black members
JVL Introduction
The Guardian has, finally, reported on the mistreatment of Labour members from racialised communities; but what is happening in Birmingham is, as the Forde Report highlighted, reflected throughout the Party. Forde also found that there was a hierarchy of racism and that racism towards Black and Brown members was not treated with the seriousness needed.
This week, Labour’s National Executive Committee, dominated by those who support the current leadership, voted against recommendations by Forde and, indeed, by the EHRC, to set up an independent disciplinary process. Furthermore, the NEC voted against setting up a new organisation to represent people from racialised communities. Jess Barnard, one of the few left wing CLP representatives wrote this twitter thread about those decisions, like the piece below, it makes for dispiriting reading,
This article was originally published by The Guardian on Fri 25 Nov 2022. Read the original here.
Birmingham Labour’s BAME officer quits over review into racism row
Saima Suleman criticises review, which others have labelled a potential ‘whitewash arranged by white people’
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The West Midlands – the beating heart of Labour First, with racism being a serious issue, especially in areas such as West Bromwich and Tipton. I used to work in Birmingham and the Black Country.
I think that people are getting less restrained when talking about and being racist.
The Forde Report will never be discussed in MSM.
Is the ‘Guardian’ the primary source of information for JVL? Beware who you call friends.