Most liberal-minded folk would like to think that since they are not hostile to people of a different race, racism is a disease of the uneducated, unenlightened and socially backward - football hooligans, British National Party supporters, policemen. You could call this the Bad Guy Theory. But the Bad Guy Theory does not explain why Indian-heritage children do nearly twice as well as Pakistani-heritage children at GCSE.
Trevor PhillipsYou can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.
Trevor PhillipsHuman rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.
Trevor PhillipsAcross the board, people are looking at the problem, but simply not changing anywhere near fast enough.
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