The Ouseley Report, dated July 2001, by the former chairman of the
Commission for Racial Equality
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,
Herman, Lord Ousely, gave a long-awaited response to
race relations
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in
Bradford
Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...
of
West Yorkshire
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, in
Northern England
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. The report painted a picture of
racial segregation
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and a deep-rooted concern about
crime
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.
[ Its publication coincided with the Bradford 2001 riots, but was in fact carried out months before 7 July, when the rioting broke out.][ reinforced by segregated schooling. This had resulted in communities deeply ignorant of each other, leading to mutual resentment: "Different cultural communities believe they get nothing while others get all the benefits".][ Lord Ouseley said this needed to be tackled with strong civic leadership, more effective communication, and a strengthening of partnerships between community groups. The report also noted a widespread fear of crime and violence which ]West Yorkshire Police
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had insufficiently tackled for fear of being branded racist.[
]
References
External links
Ouseley Report - original text on Archive.org
See also
* Bradford riots
The Bradford Riots were a brief period of violent rioting which began on 7 July 2001, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They occurred as a result of heightened tension between the large and growing British Asian communities and the confron ...
* Cohesion (social policy)
Group cohesiveness, also called group cohesion, social harmony or social cohesion, is the degree or strength of bonds linking members of a social group to one another and to the group as a whole. Although cohesion is a multi-faceted process, it ...
* Ray Honeyford
Raymond Honeyford (24 February 1934, in Manchester – 5 February 2012) was a British headteacher, writer, and critic of what he deemed to be the failures of multiculturalism.
In the early 1980s, when he was headmaster of Drummond Middle School ...
History of Bradford
Public inquiries in the United Kingdom
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