Drive to make British countryside more welcoming to minorities
National Landscapes aims to reduce barriers for underrepresented groups through outreach and new management plans, addressing perceptions and practical issues, charity reports show.
- The U.K. is implementing initiatives to increase diversity in its countryside, aiming to make rural areas more welcoming to minorities, according to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
- Authorities have committed to initiatives that address perceptions of rural spaces as exclusive to white middle-class individuals, highlighting the need for inclusivity.
- Critics argue that these plans misallocate government resources, detracting from pressing economic issues and conservation goals.
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UK govt-backed review says Britain’s national parks feel ‘white’ and unwelcoming
British countryside authorities launch ethnic minority outreach programs after government review found rural areas are perceived as unwelcoming "white" spaces by diverse communities.
Govt Draws Up Plans to Force Diversity on ‘White’ Countryside.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: New countryside management plans are being implemented to make England’s rural areas more “diverse,” with claims that these spaces are perceived as a “white environment.”WHO WAS INVOLVED: Britain’s far-left Labour Party government, white rural Britons, and ethnic minorities.WHEN & WHERE: The plans stem from reports published since 2019, targeting areas such as the Malvern Hills in England.KEY QUOTE: “Many minority peop…
Britain seeks to make the countryside 'less white' so Muslims feel more welcome · American Wire News
Officials in rural pockets of England are reportedly seeking to make the British countryside less white, per a study by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). A study commissioned by Defra found that the British countryside risks becoming “irrelevant” in the U.K.’s increasingly multicultural society because the countryside is too much of a “white environment” enjoyed by the “white middle class,” as reported by The Daily …
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