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Old 14-10-2011, 20:11   #91
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: I'm going outside now, I may be some time

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Originally Posted by garinda View Post
Would you feel welcome in a Black & Ethnic Minority centre?

I've already posted links on this forum to B.M.E. groups, in receipt of H.B.C. funding, who openly state ONLY black or ethnic women are able to attend various events.

This centre isn't only for BME's, it is for everyone, but it seems that not many people other than the BME's have used it.

As for the question...'would I feel welcome'........I suppose it isn't about feeling welcome, it is about getting help for a particular problem........and if the problem was pressing enough and I needed the help....then I would get over it....and getting to Hannah Street would not be insurmountable either.

The situation just feels a bit 'dog in a manger-ish'........we(the non ethnics) don't use it, but why should the money be spent on the ethnic community.

It is just how it appears to me...and you know I will say it how I see it.
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