4. Debate: Tackling Racism and Racial Inequality

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:01 pm on 7 May 2019.

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Photo of Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar Conservative 4:01, 7 May 2019

Thank you for giving me time to speak on this very, very important issue. The Race Relations Act actually started in 1965, and it actually outlaws discrimination on the grounds of religion, race, caste, colour and belief. That is virtually not happening. Since 1973, governments in the United Kingdom have spent millions and millions of pounds on race relations. Today, have we really achieved it? That is, we have to ask the question of all the politicians in London and here. That is not there. Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and so on—mentioned here by a few colleagues regarding black and ethnic minorities—the jobs sector, families, schools, children. The young generation hasn't been taught the beliefs of others. That is the problem. We must understand. Now, this is the fourth or fifth generation of ethnic minorities, and still we call them ethnic minorities. It surprises me, because now my child is fourth generation. We are British. That Britishness is not there—or Welshness is not there.