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Grenfell: Institutional Racism A Factor In The Fire
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"In its first phase, the inquiry concluded that cladding fuelled the fire in June 2017. The second phase is examining how it could have happened in the first place." Since this is the beginning of the second phase of the inquiry, there are no "many thousands of pages of the reports and evidence" to which ML refers.
Yes I'd like an enquiry into the institutional racism that is alleged to be present in whichever organisation is responsible for Grenfell Tower.
In particular I'd like them to find out and tell me how it is that in one of the relatively few buildings which provides "affordable" housing in one of the most expensive areas of the UK's most expensive city, 57 of the 67 residents (85%) who died in the fire were people "of colour" (the phrase used by Leslie Thomas, QC). That's almost inversely proportional to the percentage of the population that are people "of colour".
So how is it that people of colour manage to secure a disproportionately high number of relatively cheap tenancies in what is an otherwise very expensive area?
In particular I'd like them to find out and tell me how it is that in one of the relatively few buildings which provides "affordable" housing in one of the most expensive areas of the UK's most expensive city, 57 of the 67 residents (85%) who died in the fire were people "of colour" (the phrase used by Leslie Thomas, QC). That's almost inversely proportional to the percentage of the population that are people "of colour".
So how is it that people of colour manage to secure a disproportionately high number of relatively cheap tenancies in what is an otherwise very expensive area?
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//…a lawyer representing survivors has said.//
Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he. That //"A majority of the Grenfell residents who died were people of colour.// was because most of the flats were occupied by ‘people of colour’. The fire had no bearing on the colour of the occupants. Load of rubbish.
Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he. That //"A majority of the Grenfell residents who died were people of colour.// was because most of the flats were occupied by ‘people of colour’. The fire had no bearing on the colour of the occupants. Load of rubbish.
The Grenfell Next of Kin Group did made a good job of shopping for a lawyer, which, of course, in only natural:
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of course had to want a BAME and not the best.
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\\He said it was a "shame" that a female or an ethnic minority judge had not been selected to lead the inquiry.//
And the fire brigade were at fault says one resident.
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Speaking to BBC News, Nabil Choucair, who lost six relatives in the fire, said he believed "lots of families could have been rescued, without a doubt".
"It's very hard to go on," he added. "I personally believe they were inadequate in dealing with the fire."
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\\He said it was a "shame" that a female or an ethnic minority judge had not been selected to lead the inquiry.//
And the fire brigade were at fault says one resident.
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Speaking to BBC News, Nabil Choucair, who lost six relatives in the fire, said he believed "lots of families could have been rescued, without a doubt".
"It's very hard to go on," he added. "I personally believe they were inadequate in dealing with the fire."
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