Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), an organisation armed to the teeth with legal powers to protect groups that claim to be victims of oppression, recently expressed fears that the recession will not only harm ethnic minorities but also some white people.
"It is clear," he said, "that what defines disadvantage won't be black or brown, it will be white. And we will have to take positive action to help some white groups".
Was he saying that we should help people when they need assistance, regardless of their colour? If so, he was spot on.
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