Turning the Racist Tide; the Intolerant Must Realise New Scots Are Allies
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She is South African. He is Ugandan. This family is from Lebanon. They are all from different parts of the world but they have congregated in Scotland, drawn here by desires to seek asylum, refugee status, work and a better life. They could be the face of the new Scotland. The Scottish Executive wants to project that face as smiling and contented in hopes that others will be attracted to come to this country from abroad to live and work. Scotland's demographic problems are well-documented - a shrinking population with an ageing profile and fewer people of working age. Without an infusion of fresh blood the economic and cultural future looks bleak. Step forward, then, the new Scots from other airts. As they do, however, it is increasingly likely that their heads will be bloodied and bowed rather than held high from a sense of pride in their new status (even if only as temporary Scots on work permits).
New figures from Positive Action in Housing (PAIH), a Scottish charity led by ethnic minorities that campaigns for equal opportunity in affordable accommodation, show a disturbing rise in the number of complaints about racial harassment in the year to March 2004 - up some 75% on the previous 12-month period. The shocking testimony of the South African, the Ugandan and the Lebanese is repeated by others and covers the gamut of racist behaviour, from verbal abuse to physical assault.See the full content of this document
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Turning the Racist Tide; the Intolerant Must Realise New Scots Are Allies
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