Is it possible that Sunder Katwala is telling fibs in this article for the Daily Mail? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2681272/GREAT-WAR-LEARNING-TEACHES-VALUES.html
""Soldiers from across that Empire fought alongside British troops in 1914. Their descendants are now British citizens living in towns and cities across the UK." says Mr Katwala.
Except that there is no convincing evidence that the BME people in the United Kingdom are descended from the 130,000 BME people who were in the Indian army in 1914 and served on the Western Front.
You can see how the deception is being played.
BME people in the United Kingdom today are black and brown. BME people who fought on the Western Front were black and brown. Ergo (so the British Future argument goes) they are one and the same, and the immigration of BME people into the United Kingdom (against the wishes of the majority) is justified by the participation of their grandparents and great-grandparents on the Western Front.
Except that there is no evidence to support this.
Of course, given the numbers involved there may be one of two current descendants among the millions of BME people currently here.
But they seem to be very shy about coming forward.
Mr Katwala, you are very fond of surveys. Why not carry out one of your surveys and ask BME people how many of them are directly descended from BME participants on the Western Front? And let us have some case studies that we can examine.
Until then please refrain from making unfounded statements.
""Soldiers from across that Empire fought alongside British troops in 1914. Their descendants are now British citizens living in towns and cities across the UK." says Mr Katwala.
Except that there is no convincing evidence that the BME people in the United Kingdom are descended from the 130,000 BME people who were in the Indian army in 1914 and served on the Western Front.
You can see how the deception is being played.
BME people in the United Kingdom today are black and brown. BME people who fought on the Western Front were black and brown. Ergo (so the British Future argument goes) they are one and the same, and the immigration of BME people into the United Kingdom (against the wishes of the majority) is justified by the participation of their grandparents and great-grandparents on the Western Front.
Except that there is no evidence to support this.
Of course, given the numbers involved there may be one of two current descendants among the millions of BME people currently here.
But they seem to be very shy about coming forward.
Mr Katwala, you are very fond of surveys. Why not carry out one of your surveys and ask BME people how many of them are directly descended from BME participants on the Western Front? And let us have some case studies that we can examine.
Until then please refrain from making unfounded statements.
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