Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ lêtist snss: mapñ an evr mor dîvrs cuntri
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 29 Nov. 2022)
Ɖ public hv axptd ɖt Britn z nt jst popyletd bî ẃît ppl – n hv stopt imaɉnñ ɖt it cd evr b uɖ̇wz
Tyzde 29 Nvmbr 2022
In 1968, ɖ Cnsrṿtiv MP Īnoc Pǎl dlivrd probbli ɖ most inflaṃtri adres evr gvn bî a sīńr Britiś poḷtiśn. “Az I lc ahd, I am fild wɖ fōrbodñ,” h dclerd. “Lîc ɖ Romn, I sīm t si ‘ɖ Rivr Tîbr fomñ wɖ mć blud’.” Ɖ bludletñ, h antiṣpetd, wd b tecñ ples bcz v a reswor. Siyñ mîgṛnts arîv fṛm Britn’z formr coḷniz in ɖ Caṛbiyn, Africa n Eźa wz, Pǎl sd, “lîc woćñ a neśn biẓli ingejd in hīpñ p its ǒn fynṛl pîr”. Britn in ɖ haf snć̣ri sins hz rpydietd Pǎl’z resist proḟsi. Nonẃît imigṛnts n ɖer ćildṛn r nt an xistnśl ʈret t ɖs cuntri, bt rɖr ɖ sors v sm its most seḷbretd aćivmnts.
Brmñm, ɖ siti in ẃć Pǎl gev hiz “rivrz v blud” spīć, hz qaytli bcm amñ ɖ cuntri’z most dîvrs plesz. Alñ wɖ Lundn, Lstr, Manćestr n Lūtn, it z part v an ŕbn Ñgḷnd ɖt z fast bcmñ mor blac n brǎn ɖn ẃît. Abt for in 10 ppl in Miltn Cīnz, Notñm n Pīṭbra r nonẃît. Ɖ figr, acordñ t ɖ 2021 snss publiśt on Tyzde, z rufli wn in for in Bristl n Lìdz. Dspt ɖ bst eḟts v poḷtiśnz lîc Pǎl n hiz ilc t trn ppl agnst ć uɖr on ɖ besis v res n eʈniṣti, a mor multireśl, multiculćṛl cuntri hz bcm a fīćr v modn lîf. It z progres ɖt ɖ public hv oṿẃlmñli axptd ɖt Britn z nt jst popyletd bî ẃît ppl – n hv stopt imaɉnñ ɖt it cd evr b uɖ̇wz.
Resizm cntinyz t blot ɖ lanscep. Britiś Bangḷdeśiz r dwñ wel at scūl, yt ɖe fér wrs in ɖ jobmarcit ɖn ɖe śd, gvn ɖer qoliḟceśnz. Ɖ śemfl Windruś scandl, a rzult v ɖ Cnsrṿtivz’ hostîl-invîrnmnt poḷsi, sw Britiś sitiznz v Africn-Caṛbiyn dsent roñli dportd, dsmist fṛm ɖer jobz n dprîvd v srṿsz sć az NHS cer. Iniqoḷtiz rmen bect intu ɖ sistm: Covid mortaḷtirets amñ sm blac n Eźn grūps wr btwn 2.5 n 4.3 tîmz hayr ɖn amñ ẃît grūps, ẃn ol uɖr factrz wr acǎntd fr. Mnoṛtiz wr nt mor ssptbl bcz ɖe wr blac or brǎn, bt bcz ɖe wr mor lîcli t b pur.
Hymn cọxistns z nt īzi. Ɖ rīsnt dstrbnsz in Lstr, btwn grūps v Hinduz n Mŭzlimz, śo hǎ dificlt ʈñz cn gt. Bt prizrvñ Britn’z dîvrṣti rqîrz hard wrc az wel az gd intnśnz. Reśl difṛnsz nīd maṇjñ t brij dvîdz, nt wîdn ɖm. Ɖ trubl z ɖt rîtwñ poḷtiśnz hv fr tù loñ proḟtd bî scepgotñ ǎtsîdrz n stǒcñ a b’lif v s’pirioṛti in ɖoz ɖe hv nʈñ mtirịl t ofr. Pǎndśop Pawlîts olso fluriśt aftr Brexit, ẃć yoct tgɖr Yṛp n mîgreśn. Fr ol ɖ tōc abt hǎ Riśi Sūnac’s eḷveśn t prîm̦inistr śd b seḷbretd az evidns v a guvnmnt brōḍnñ its taḷntbes, ɖ truʈ z ɖt, wr it p t ɖ poḷsiz v ɖs guvnmnt, ɖr wd b no Mr Sūnac. Britn’z reśl modl z far fṛm prfict. Bt res, culćr n eʈniṣti z livd in a far mor cnvivịl we ɖn hǎ it z ofn ivoct p’liticli.
