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***DISCLAIMER: where links to articles are given, they are freely available and active at the time of ERN Newsletter circulation*** Ethnic minorities 'will be targeted by ID cards' Article discusses the fears of minority groups of being targeted by the new ID cards. The Commission for Racial Equality warned that the scheme could have an "adverse impact on different racial groups". Major unions, including Unison, and the Transport and General Workers' Union, have also expressed opposition. Read the full article online: How media whipped up a racist witch-hunt: Despite the lurid headlines, police dismiss claims of child sacrifice Newspaper headlines indicated that Scotland Yard must have investigated the ritual abuse of African children, found that significant numbers of them had endured violent exorcisms, and uncovered evidence of children being trafficked into this country to be slaughtered. While The Guardian reports that “nothing is further from the truth” - the police had conducted no such investigation, have scant evidence of ritual abuse of African children and - with the important exception of the young boy known as Adam, whose torso was found floating in the Thames four years ago - have seen nothing to suggest that any child has been sacrificed. Read the full article online: Permanent school exclusions rise The number of youngsters permanently excluded from schools in England for disruptive and violent behaviour rose by 6% last year, while black children were nearly three times more likely to be punished in this way than white youngsters. Read the full article online: Rebellion looms over religious hate law Discussion of the backbench rebellion faced by the government the day of the MP's vote on whether to create a new offence of "inciting religious hatred". The Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, argues that the new law is needed to tackle racists who since the September 11 attacks have increasingly targeted Muslims as a faith group. He says it will end an anomaly under which Jews and Sikhs are protected by laws against incitement to racial hatred, while other religious groups are not. Several figures from the arts and creative community fear that the legislation could be used against them in the future. Read the full article online: Enterprise at the heart of the community Ethnic minority entrepreneurs are launching record numbers of start-ups. The article notes that “almost unnoticed amid April's electioneering, the Institute for Public Policy Research published a report revealing that immigrants to the UK, that is, those born outside the UK but who are resident here, contribute relatively more to the economy than those born in the UK.” Read the full article online: Atheists should welcome a law against religious hatred: To fail to support this bill is tantamount to tolerating hate crime Opinion piece that supports the proposed new law against religious hatred. Key arguments against the legislation are cited and refuted, for example: “Another argument is that, while it was right to outlaw hatred on the grounds of race, it's not right to apply it to religion because, although you can't change your race, you can change your religion. The logical conclusion of this argument is that if people don't like being hated because of their religion, they can always change it. In any case, religious belief isn't as optional as some people seem to think. In reality most people remain with the belief, or absence of belief, of the group in which they were born and brought up.” Read the full article online: Ethnic minorities 'under-represented in science' Black Caribbean and Bangladeshi populations are the most under-represented in science, according to a report published by the Royal Society, the UK's premier science academy. The report - Science, engineering and technology and the UK's ethnic minority population - brings together and analyses data on the level of participation in education in science subjects and employment by age, sex and race. The study found 1.6% of the Bangladeshi population and 2.3% of the black Caribbean population are in SET employment, compared with just over 5.3% of the white ethnic population. Read the full article online: Supporting asylum seeker and refugee students - new developments Reporting on the April conference held by the General Teaching Council's Achieve network, its largest event so far, which looked at issues related to supporting asylum seeker and refugee students. Read the full article online: Juvenile jail staff accused of racism According to a study of young people in custody, carried out by the Inspectorate of Prisons and the Youth Justice Board, Black young black males are twice as likely as white youths to be assaulted by prison staff. The study surveyed 861 youths aged 15-18 years, of whom 225 were black or of another ethnic minority, at 15 young offenders centres. The survey, which included 84 teenagers in female institutions, painted a grim picture of Britain's juvenile prisons. More than a third of inmates felt unsafe, more than half said it was hard for families to visit, and many got no help for drug or alcohol addiction, nor any preparation for life outside. Read the full article online: Britain's Gypsy shame Article highlights the problem faced by Gypsy communities living in poverty in Britain and the rest of Europe. Travellers are acknowledged to be the most deprived community in the country. But there has been no attempt by the government to redress their exclusion or examine its causes. Read the full article online: Research shows benefits of affirmative action Article examines the impact of affirmative action on university uptake by African-American and Hispanic students and how reduction and eventual elimination of the practice would be detrimental to these groups. Read the full article online: Confidence booster for ethnic students Corporate household names supply mentors to inspire black and Asian graduates in their search for suitable work. More than 3,000 students have benefited from mentoring scheme at Brunel University and the list of corporate household names such as Shell, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and PWC providing mentors is growing. With more than 7,000 ethnic minority students out of a university population of 13,200, Brunel has to work hard to ensure they cater for the needs of their student body and this scheme is proving a hit.
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