Britain 'sleepwalking to segregation'

[corksean]

US-style ghetto segregation in Britain "could be getting worse", the former head of the Commission for Racial Equality, Lord Ousley, said today.

Lord Ousley - whose report into race relations in Bradford was published after riots in the city in 2001 - made the warning as the current CRE chairman, Trevor Phillips, prepared to call for controversial measures to prevent Britain from "sleepwalking" into racial and religious segregation.

On Thursday, Mr Phillips will tell the Manchester Council for Community Relations that the "nightmare" of "fully fledged ghettos" - similar to those in New Orleans whose existence was highlighted by Hurricane Katrina - could emerge in this country.

Today, Lord Ousley said Mr Phillips seemed to be saying the government had "failed".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,11374,1573526,00.html

[msongs]

1. birds of a feather flock together nt

[Ben Ceremos]

2. I read that

as a justification, not an explanation. Democratically liberal societies (ie; the West) need to promote integration, assimilation and multiculturalism. The British government under Blair is following the time tested and approved script of the BFEE and the KKK.

[TheWraith]

3. I think msongs was referring to the US and UK. NT.