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Comment: Change the focus

Posted on 08/07/2011 by BMENational

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Branding Bradford a ‘divided city’ misses the point – we must tackle general deprivation, regardless of background – writes Ansar Ali Ten years on from July 2001 when racial tensions erupted into the Bradford riots and the media appears almost…

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Category: Manningham, News Tags: ansar ali, BME housing, Bradford riots, Cantle Report, deprivation, divided city, housing association, Manningham housing association, muslim, Professor Ted Cantle, race, racism, segregation, social exclusion, social housing

Comment: Life after Ujima case: ‘Now we can move forward’

Posted on 24/02/2011 by BMENational

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The BME sector found itself unfairly stigmatised because of the Ujima scandal, says Lara Oyedele, chair of BMENational and chief executive of Odu-dua housing association. Now, she says, the sector can move forward. “Pretend it’s not an issue – that…

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Category: BMENational, News Tags: BME housing, BMENational, Cameron, Lara Oyedele, multiculturalism, muslim, odu-dua, social housing, speech, Ujima

Transcript: David Cameron speech on multiculturalism

Posted on 07/02/2011 by BMENational

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Category: News, Uncategorized Tags: british prime minister, cohesion, david cameron, extremist, integration, islam, multiculturalism, muslim, radical, social, transcript