crimes? Wanting to examine seriously allegations of racism against headmistress Maureen MeGoldrick; prefering a black teacher to a white one in the case of Mrs Braithwaite; and employing 170 teachers committed to creating BUCHAN of Brent South Labour Party explains the issues.
BRENT has the largest proportion of black people of ally ally ' councI in Britain Its Labour authority includes the highest-ever number of black councillors anywhere It is no accident that Brent has been singled out by Tories and the media in an offensive designed to stir up anti-black altu undermine Labour's electoral support.
The 1981 COHOES put Brent in eighth worst posi tion in England in terms of vantage of conse it is vantage course black people that suffer most from this. That puts a special stent counch not only t implement its expansionist manifesto, but also to fight as education.
With only 200 black teachers out of 3000, VInC well-documented evidence of black under achievement in educaiton, Brent is 100 per cent correct to take positive acton in tavour of equality in schools. BOB black teachers and to ensure that allegations of racism de notary verneatedl despicable that the NUT, Labour's education spokesperson Giles Radice, the Morning. Star should actively collaborate with this Tory witch hunt.
The Morning Star claimed that Brent council's action will open the door racist coullte offensive inflict serious setback on the movement. it is the Morn ing Star's response — a rotten capitulation to racism within the NUT - wilCas a 'serious setback' for the labour movement. government elections Triune turned racism on its head by implying that it was black candidates who lost seats in areas such pointing out that racism pointing out racism within the local parties and Labour's resultant failure to campaign was responsible for poor results.
The reality of course is that the attacks on Brent council are part of an offensive STories, made plain at their opened the recan concence They Will play the 'race card' for all it's worth in the run-up to tue next general ciechon Brent council's positive action policy in schools is 100 per cent necessary.
Such attacks go hand in hand with the recent imposition oi the racist visa controls. They are part and parcel of the attacks on BriTalls • 026K communities and are aimed at rolling back the gains witnessed by the composition policies of Labour councils such as Brent.
The task of Brent coun Cli and the brent parties t to explain and mobilise sup port their anti-racist • And the task of the whole labour movement is to support them.