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Thursday 1 October 2009

Why MOBO's But Not MOWO's?

Yesterday the MOBO's (Music Of Black Origins) were held in the UK. Nothing special in that, and frankly I find the music it celebrates to be utter crap, but if people like it, why should I care?

But it made me wonder once again, why in the UK, it's apparently legal and OK to celebrate music of black (however derivative) origins, but it would probably be illegal to hold a 'Music Of White Origins'?

In fact once you think hard about it, these inequalities based upon colour or gender are all over the place.

The British Association for Women in Policing is OK but not a 'British Association for Men in Policing', so also is the National Black Police Association (which include the disingenuous tag "The NBPA is open to all in policing on application, there is no bar to membership based on colour" despite stating that its a Black Association), but not a 'National White Police Association' (even with a tag stating that "The NWPA is open to all in policing on application, there is no bar to membership based on colour").

There is a Gay Police Association, but not a 'Heterosexual Police Association' ..... or maybe you have wondered why there is a Women's Institute, but not a 'Men's Institute'? Even in the media they make no pretence at non discrimination with a Women's Hour program, but not a 'Men's Hour'.

Even where the law is supposed to be very clear, employment, discrimination on race and gender are 'allowed', with the police once again the worse offender, with 'ethnic recruitment' targets for the police i.e. based mainly upon colour.

These recruitment targets would actually prevent a better qualified white or other 'non black and asian' person getting a police job, in order to meet the Metropolitan Police 2009 target of 25% Black & Asian officers in the Police force i.e. discriminatory based upon colour.

Lest we forget, the actual ethnic mix in the UK is White 92.1% (English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) Black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, Mixed 1.2%, Other 1.6% .... not a sign anywhere of 25% Black and Asian.

But I guess we shouldn't be surprised, as this current Government has actual reintroduced apartheid into the UK with legislation that actually makes it 'legal' to discriminate against white English men (everyone else is a 'minority' of one sort or another, even women).

Personally I don't care about Black Associations or celebrations of any kind, just so long as similar associations can be set up by non blacks, otherwise this is a crime of apartheid, by another name, no matter how the PC brigade pretend its 'equality'.

1 comment:

  1. Or Mojo! Moto, Moso, Mowo,Momo.

    Jewish, talentless, scottish, welsh and Manchester.

    Morso, music of a reality show origin.

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