Trevor Phillips, head of the Commission for Racial Equality, believes the newness of the suburban drift is one reason: for most, progress still means moving out of a black neighbourhood.
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Mr Blunkett added that he agreed with the assessment made by Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, that the term "multiculturalism" is not useful.
Professor Gundara is a founding member of the International Broadcasting Trust (IBT), and Vice-Chairman of the Board of IBT and was a Commissioner of the Commission for Racial Equality before its closure in August 2007.
The strength of this feeling, though, is divided along racial lines: 61% of non-whites told a poll by YouGov for the Commission for Racial Equality that Britishness is about values such as the rule of law and fair play rather than about heritage, while only 27% of whites felt the same way.
This last reform, legislation for which is promised shortly, will enable the Commission for Racial Equality to examine the practices of individual police forces.
The EHRC was formed in 2006 when the previous Commission for Racial Equality expanded to cover issues of age, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and the promotion of human rights.
The Commission for Racial Equality said the amendment was the most significant reform of Britain's race relations legislation for 20 years.
The Commission for Racial Equality calculates that, in the 1992 election, 77% of Asians and 85% of blacks chose Labour.
The Commission for Racial Equality's report published on Tuesday has made a total of 125 recommendations to improve race relations and diversity.
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The Solicitor General, Eilish Angiolini, met with the Commission for Racial Equality and Scotland's Race Equality Councils on March 6 and assured them of our determination to deal with racist crime.
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