[garinda]

Having council funded events, such as those seen in the news letter in the first post, which are advertised as being exclusively for 'B.M.E. ladies only' is utterly, 100% wrong.

Morally wrong, and since we have race discrimination laws in this country, lawfully wrong.

Even culturally it doesn't make sense.

At those events there'd be a welcome for a young bride recently arrived from Pakistan, a Chinese British born lesbian, a evangelical Nigerian woman.

But a retired lollipop lady, who happened to be white, would be turned away, because the events are for 'Black & Mixed Ethnic ladies only'.

It's wrong. Period.

Besides it doesn't work, because it causes, and perpetuates a divisive society.

I agree with what Eric hinted at. If there was a group of people, who were disadvantaged because they weren't equal before the law, there could be an argument that there was a need for minority groups to be funded by the state, in order to fight for equality.

Since we have anti-discrimination laws in place in the U.K. to prevent prejudice based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity. There is no conceivable argument that tax payers' money should be spent funding any organisation that openly discriminates against any other group.

Everyone should be treated equally and fairly.

That is the only way we'll have a society where there's cohesion, rather than division.

Integration.

Not separation.