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1 results foundAuthor: Great Britain. Equality and Human Rights Commission Title: How Fair is Britain? Equality, Human Rights and Good Relations in 2010. The First Triennial Review Summary: Britain is a country where we despise prejudice, embrace equality and believe in the fundamental right of the individual to make the most of his or her talents in a free society. We are increasingly at ease with diversity of all kinds, and intolerant of discrimination of any kind. Yet all too many of us remain trapped by the accident of our births, our destinies far too likely to be determined by our sex or race; our opportunities far too often conditioned by the fact that our age, or disability, our sexual preferences, or deeply held religion or belief make us lesser beings in the eyes of others. And far too many of us are still born into families without the material or social capital to give us the right start in life. In short, we twenty-first century Britons are a largely fair-minded people. But we are not yet a fair society. And we know that no individual can be truly free to realise their potential, or to exercise their inalienable human rights as long as they are imprisoned by the invisible, many-stranded web of prejudice, inertia and unfairness that holds so many back. This Review of our society’s progress in equality, human rights and good relations is the first comprehensive picture of its kind, enumerating the gaps between our ambitions for fairness and the actuality. There is much here that should make us hopeful; many of the old biases are, if not vanquished, on their way out. But there is also a great deal still to be done; and there are new challenges emerging. The Review is not a prescription for change. But it does aim to do three things. First, to amass objective evidence that will help us to decide where best to focus our resources and energies as a society, particularly at a time when we need to husband both carefully. Second, to provide a transparent, non-partisan account of where we stand now so we can judge whether decisions taken now might reduce fairness in the future. The Review’s findings provide benchmarks against which we can measure the impact of our actions, whether as members of public, private or voluntary bodies, or sometimes just as citizens. And finally, the picture here will, we hope, provide the basis for further debate and concerted action to decrease inequality, and increase fairness throughout our society. Details: London: Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2010. 751p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 19, 2012 at: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/triennial_review/how_fair_is_britain_-_complete_report.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/how_fair_is_britain_-_complete_report.pdf Shelf Number: 123670 Keywords: BiasDiscriminationHate CrimesHuman Rights (U.K.) |