Magnificent hypocrisy

A pleasure to welcome Diane Abbott to the debate, despite the defamations. There is nothing remotely racist in my blog about the attempted murder of a fifteen year old girl. My argument is much as it has always been; that the creed of multiculturalism is largely to blame, the notion that cultures, no matter how antithetical to the norm, or anti-social, should be allowed to develop unhindered, without criticism. The point is, Abbott – by her actions – seems to agree.

That black males do badly, en-masse, in school, was sufficient for Ms Abbott to send her son to a very expensive private school. Here’s what she said at the time; the report is from the BBC:

‘Ms Abbott had described her choice of a private education for her son as “inconsistent” with her own left-wing, egalitarian politics. But she said that race had been a factor in her decision, as too many black boys were unsuccessful within inner-city state schools. In state schools in Hackney, she had said that only 9% of black boys achieved five or more good GCSEs. Last year’s secondary school league tables showed that the average GCSE results for schools in Hackney were about 20 percentage points below the national average. Less than a third of pupils were achieving five or more good GCSEs. The head of education in London, Tim Brighhouse, had also challenged Ms Abbott’s opting out of the state system, saying that it was a myth that London schools were under-performing.’

Now, clearly it is not racial discrimination which accounts for the under-achievement – because African Caribbean girls, Bangladeshi boys and girls and so on do not under achieve. So it must be down to something to do with the culture.