The Equality and Human Rights Commission has refused to answer written questions submitted to it over six months ago on why it has not acted against a black police officers’ association that specifically forbids whites from being members.
The written complaint, submitted by British National Party Dagenham councillor Lawrence Rustem, was initiated after the Race Gestapo’s legal action was launched against the BNP over its membership criteria.
In August 2009, Cllr Rustem wrote to the EHRC asking if that body will “be taking action against the racially discriminatory policy of the Gloucester Black Police Association’s full membership policy which is designed to ‘benefit black staff employed by the Gloucestershire Constabulary?’
“Moreover, it is arguably the case that the GBPA is also acting in a discriminatory and therefore illegal manner, in that it seeks to maintain the ‘welfare of black staff’ and to ensure ‘service delivery to the black communities of Gloucestershire.’
“There is obviously no mention of the GBPA’s desire to ensure the ‘welfare of white staff’ or indeed to ensure ’service delivery to the white communities of Gloucestershire.’
“All of this can be evidenced from the GBPA’s membership criteria,” Cllr Rustem wrote. “One can only deduce that the GBPA is operating in a manner which is not conducive to ‘equality’ or indeed the ‘human rights’ of the indigenous community of Gloucestershire that such a service is and should be provided to all.
“As this is obviously a case of open discrimination by the GBPA, can the EHRC please advise me on what steps the Commission will be taking to address this issue?
“Furthermore, I would like confirmation of when action will be taken.
“Finally, can you please advise me of what action will be taken against other such organisations which cater specifically on ethnic grounds for people from ethnic minorities and when these proceedings will commence?” he wrote.
Cllr Rustem received a response — which was unsigned and anonymous — back from the EHRC’s Legal Enforcement Directorate on 1 October.
This letter said that “the Equality and Human Rights Commission Enforcement Directorate” will “carry out a preliminary assessment of the issues you have raised to enable the Commission to assess whether, and if so what, enforcement action is appropriate in this case.”
That was the last Cllr Rustem heard from the EHRC. “As one can see, the Equality and Human Rights Commission are very slow at responding when the role of equality is reversed and others seek ‘equality and human rights’ from them,” Cllr Rustem told BNP News.
“That must leave one with the obvious conclusion that in the eyes of the EHRC, some are more equal than others — rather much like the society that was endured in the abomination of humanity that was the former Soviet Union.”
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