Where race relations are concerned the government must be given
unprecedented powers to regulate society. The level of racism in
England is a joke. I visited several universities last year and
minority staff ranged from 10-30%. When one considers the need to
reform society, surely the government should implement reforms that
demand 50% minority staff by end of 2009 or the university is
de-funded. It is no good writing and publishing papers - anti-racist
academics must step aside to ensure minority representation and to
atone.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:09 AM, SHAW R.E. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> As despicable as the polices of the BNP are, surely we don't want to
> encourage a society in which beliefs are illegal? When we start with such
> policies do we not begin to allow and legitimize the controlling polices of
> a government which seeks to make blaspheming illegal or which reacts to a
> student's research interest in terrorism with a deportation order
> (http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/may/24/highereducation.uk). Groups
> such as the BNP can and should be defeated politically, not through recourse
> to legal mechanisms.
>
> Sara Ahemd's article on how far right groups invoke notions of 'love' and
> 'hate'
> (http://muse.jhu.edu.ezphost.dur.ac.uk/journals/social_text/v022/22.2ahmed.pdf)
> is interesting as it deals with the ways in which far right groups create
> powerful discourses in order to invoke fear of the bodies of others. To
> combat the likes of the BNP we need to understand the mechanisms groups such
> as theirs use to attract voters - those dissatisfied in inner city areas who
> have been so displaced from the main parties (and who can blame them for
> rejecting the choice between New Labour and Tories?) that the twisted but
> powerful message of the BNP begins to appeal. The BNP is a symptom of
> reactions to disillusionment from neoliberal politics and we need to combat
> the discourses which send people towards the BNP, not criminalize voters who
> are already subjected to a punitive government-logic.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for critical and radical geographers on behalf of John Jackson
> Sent: Mon 24/11/2008 00:40
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: BNP membership list posted online by former 'hardliner' |
> guardian
>
> This is all very well. But what should happen to BNP members? It
> seems ridiculous that in a democratic society such policies which
> promote intolerance, lack of inclusion, and are anti-multiculturalism,
> are legal.
>
> Why not just ban the party and make membership punishable by a few
> years in prison?
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Deb Ranjan Sinha (Gmail)
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> amusing quote.....
>>
>> "The BNP leader admitted the party was relying on the Human Rights Act,
>> based on
>> EU legislation, which it opposes, to try to protect the privacy of its
>> members."
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/19/bnp-list
>>
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