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OUR BRITAIN: Multi-cultural, United, Equal; Full of Hope, Dignity & Respect for All

This petition was published by MFJBAMN on Mar 20, 2008
Closed on Apr 10, 2012
Result:
This petition is now closed

We, the undersigned therefore declare our commitment to realise our vision
for Britain. We call on the government commit to this vision for Britain -

Our Britain, the nation we build will:

1. Be defined as a multi-cultural nation with equal rights and opportunities
for all who live in and contribute to this society.

2. Be a nation in which all citizens have an equal right to express our
cultural, ethnic, national, or religious identity to celebrate who we are
instead of being forced to become someone else’s vision of who we should
be.

3. Oppose racial, ethnic, religious, gender and other kinds of discrimination
and bigotry. Implement laws and policies to end such discrimination.

4. Provide equal access and opportunity to education, training,
employment, travel and public life to all, regardless of race, gender,
ethnicity, culture, religion or national origin.

5. Achieve a truly integrated, equal and united nation by promoting
mutual understanding, respect and dignity through an open and honest
dialogue about racism, sexism, social inequalities and religious bigotry. Asian,
black, Muslim and other oppressed minorities must be able to speak the
plain truth about racism, discrimination, bigotry and prejudice without fears
of being treated as “outsiders”, treated as being ‘offensive’, facing reprisals
or victimisation.

6. Our schools, colleges and universities and every other educational and
cultural institution, and the symbols we use to express our common reality
and destiny, must reflect the racial and cultural diversity of the Britain we
now live in and intend to build. The actual diversity of our day-to-day lives
must be reflected in actual diversity in employment and in all our economic
and political institutions.

This petition is now closed.

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