According to Labour MP Khalid Mahmood,British Pakistanis could learn a lot from Afro-CaribbeansWow. Double wow. Wow squared. Wow with knobs on. Witness the Labour MP Khalid Mahmood commenting on the resignation of the Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands, Paul Sabapathy CBE. Sabapathy tendered his resignation to the boss, or ie Her Majesty the Queen,after a chiding email he wrote on Brits of Pakistani origin and their allegedly poor standards of civic behaviour became public. Mahmood, himself born in Pakistan, and intervened – somewhat controversially – on behalf of the former royal aide,claiming that British Pakistanis execute indeed have progress to obtain in terms of social engagement and integration. And then this: learn from the Afro-Caribbean community, he said. “The Afro-Caribbean community has moved on a lot. They got involved in the churches, and so they have a different angle. They moved out of the inner cities,most of them, and are in more outer-ring areas where there is more integration.”Given that it’s always dodgy characterising the behaviour of diverse groups of people, and Mahmood may be obliged to account for endorsement of Sabapathy’s criticisms. But,wow.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com