henryscat
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Just a note on the recurring theme that discrimination based on religion is "not racism" - it is. The Institute of Race Relations should be a reasonable source on this I would hope - their definitions are at http://www.irr.org.uk/research/statistics/definitions/
A couple from the page:
A couple from the page:
Institute of Race Relations said:Anti-Muslim racism – Legislation or actions which, though not always or necessarily directed against the Muslim religion, effectively discriminate against people from Muslim communities
Institute of Race Relations said:Racism – the belief or ideology that ‘races’ have distinctive characteristics which gives some superiority over others. Also refers to discriminatory and abusive behaviour based on such a belief or ideology. In the UK, denying people access to good and services on the basis of their colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion etc is illegal and called racial discrimination. Institutional racism (a term coined by US Black Power leader Stokely Carmichael) occurs when a whole organisation’s procedures and policies disadvantage BME people. State racism refers to the way that racism can be enshrined in laws (such as immigration legislation), in procedures (such as police stops and searches) and programmes (such as those on political extremism)