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John's Thoughts
Hardly a day goes by without one story or another appearing in
the press about the political correctness that is attacking the fabric of
our nation with the ferocity of a vulture picking away at the bones of a
carcass. As a concept political correctness has developed well beyond
those days in the 1980's when members of the liberal elite became obsessed by renaming "manhole covers" or were
appalled at the fact that classrooms had "blackboards". What was
once a minority pursuit has now become part of the mainstream political
framework. Some may argue that the establishment of the Macpherson Committee
and implementing its recommendations was an understandable response from
politicians who wanted to be seen to be doing something following the
murder of Stephen Lawrence. In
"doing something", they felt they were demonstrating their sympathy for
the bereaved. However, there ought to be no monopoly on sympathy. People should be
free to react in their own way to events such as these which,
understandably, pull at the heartstrings of the country. It is not sufficient for a governing body to include, within
the school's mission statement, a desire to admit and educate all pupils
to the best of your ability without discriminating on the grounds of
colour. According to the Commission for Racial Equality, there must be an
all singing, all dancing plan that stretches like the tentacles of an
octopus into all of the other plans, strategies and visions that the law
dictates that your school must have. The fact is that many schools will
have to produce an unnecessarily long Race Equality Plan and revisit all
of their other policies on discipline, attendance, the curriculum and
recruitment. The CRE's guide for schools contains some pearls of wisdom
like: "Meeting the general duty [to promote race equality] will help
you to: meet all your pupils needs, and improve staff morale and
performance" I have yet to read a bureaucratic policy document that will
achieve those aims and deliver higher standards for the pupils. The Race
Relations (Amendment) Act is not only contributing to the bureaucratic air
that is polluting our schools but is an attack on freedom. Not just on the
freedom of the institutions affected, but on individuals too. For any
politician concerned about decentralising power or increasing personal
liberty then this Act should be repealed and the millions spent by the
Commission for Racial Equality and other such bodies should be put to far
better use. This legislation - designed to tackle "institutional
racism", a dubious and dangerous concept, will succeed in delivering
one thing: "institutionalised political correctness". Click here to sign our petition against political correctness.
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