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Article: Court ruling vindicates ethnic minorities ; The successful legal challenge brought by users of the Southall Black Sisters domestic violence service against Ealing Council's decision to withdraw funding is a victory for common sense in ensuring racial equality. It means the vital support the service provides will continue and that the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Third Sector also has the right to exist.
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2008
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The successful legal challenge brought by users of the Southall
Black Sisters domestic violence service against Ealing Council's
decision to withdraw funding is a victory for common sense in
ensuring racial equality. It means the vital support the service
provides will continue and that the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME)
Third Sector also has the right to exist.
In response to the increasing number of policy-makers advocating
that specialist funding acts against cohesion, the High Court
decision sends out a clear message that there is no dichotomy
between funding specialist groups and promoting cohesion.
Furthermore, as Lord Justice Moses said, "equality is necessary for
cohesion to be ...