Complaints Over Use Of 'Asian' Label In Grooming Cases

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Complaints over use of 'Asian' label in grooming cases May 17, 2012
Groups representing Sikh and Hindu communities have complained about the term "Asian" being used to describe the men involved in grooming trials.

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Re: Complaints Over Use Of 'Asian' Label In Grooming Cases May 18, 2012
How would they prefer them to be described?
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Re: Complaints over use of 'Asian' label in grooming cases May 18, 2012
The groups said the men involved were "almost always of Pakistani origin" and the term "Asian" was inaccurate.

The Ramadan Foundation has said grooming is "a significant problem for the British Pakistani community".

The joint statement was released by the Network of Sikh Organisations UK, The Hindu Forum of Britain, and The Sikh Media Monitoring Group UK.

It says the reluctance of the media and the government to discuss the "disproportionate representation of Muslims in such cases" and the fact victims are "almost always non-Muslim girls" is adding to the cause of far-right groups such as the BNP.

It said blanket use of the word "Asian" was "unfair to other communities of Asian origin".

"We believe that in this case the government itself is sanctioning the use of term Asian as a way of clouding responsibility," the groups say.
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