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Racism seen in British politics Nov 08, 2008
I would be very surprised if even somebody as brilliant as him (Obama) would have been able to break through the institutional stranglehold on power within the Labor Party
Racism seen in British politics Nov 08, 2008
If you asked British voters whether you could have a Muslim prime minister their mouths would drop open, but not with a black one
Racism seen in British politics Nov 08, 2008
If I were to consider what group of people are most likely to feel that they have suffered disrespect, slights and racial disadvantage, the traditional view would be that it would be poor, black people who don't get jobs
Black doctors face racism in Britain Oct 30, 2005
We want politicians to calm down, take a step back and realize what their words -- and the tone of their words -- may do to people on the ground
Racial tensions grow in Britain Apr 12, 2005
Trevor Phillips OBE (born in London, 31 December 1953) is a Black British Labour Politician. After supporting multiculturalism for many years, Phillips is now one of its most outspoken mainstream critics. He expressed fears that multiculturalism could cause Britain to "sleepwalk towards segregation" and has argued for school selection to be amended to prevent segregation in British schools.
In 2006 he was appointed the head of a new organisation known as the Commission for Equalities and Human Rights, which will be an organisation promoting equality issues across the full raft of ethnic, gender, sexual-orientation, disability and other minority interests.
Phillips was born in London, living in Wood Green but went to secondary school in Georgetown, Guyana before returning to London to study chemistry at Imperial College London - saying his interest in the subject was prompted by living next to a gasometer as a child. At Imperial he became president of the students' union before his election as president of the National Union of Students in 1978 as a candidate for the Broad Left. He has had a varied career in both media and politics, working initially as a researcher for London Weekend Television (LWT), before being promoted to head of current affairs. He produced and presented The London Programme and has worked on projects for the BBC. With his brother, the crime writer Mike Phillips, he wrote Windrush: Irresistible Rise of Multi-racial Britain (1998, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-255909-9).