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I’m sorry to hear that but it probably explains that chip on your shoulder…
Looks like people are getting the wrong end of the stick here.
The report shows that more help is offered to those in poverty who have a darker skin colour than those with white skin.
The whole premise is to make it equal for all.
Yes the background to this is that people shouldn't be in poverty, but people need to stop focusing on skin colour.
Well, without resorting to what seems to have become the left wing default position of hurling insults at someone, please show me the phrases that make me a 'numpty'.
Sad to say but you have fallen for the dog whistle by Robert Halfon the committee chair. The reports conclusions are just a diversionary tactic from the cause which is poverty.
This cross party report defined working class poor as those on FSM. So these people are on low wages - key point. Second it lumps all white kids together and compares them to non whites without considering location/geography. Non white kids tend to live near city centre and urban areas whilst the white population is more spread out - and crucially the white kids who live on the coasts and northern areas which have been left behind skews the results.
Austerity cuts have hit harder on these coastal towns and norther areas than the cities - its why you have people leaving these areas to move twards the cities.
Look at Robert Halfon voting record - he has voted against cutting funding for local government,
Consistently voted against spending public money to create guaranteed jobs for young people who have spent a long time unemployed
Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices
Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
Consistently voted for ending financial support for some 16-19 year olds in training and further education
He has consistently voted against making the lives of the poor white kids better through his support of austerity so has to fabricate a lie to stop the finfer pointing at himself - enter the ludicrous reason of reverse white privilege.
Shame on Halfon but he doesn't care his tactics have worked.