Two Thirds Of Disadvantaged Children Are White British.

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7151487/Education-Secretary-Damian-Hinds-warns-two-thirds-UKs-worst-children-white-British.html

[spathiphyllum]

They all live in Grimsby.

[anotheoldgit]

spathiphyllum

/// They all live in Grimsby. ///

Do they? There must be something fishy about that.

[spathiphyllum]

;P

[EDDIE51]

Typical Daily Wail rubbish!!!

[anotheoldgit]

EDDIE51

/// Typical Daily Wail rubbish!!! ///

Really? they are only reporting on what the Education Secretary Damian Hinds has highlighted, and somehow I believe that he is more in a position to know about such things, than the likes of you, could ever be.

[youngmafbog]

"Typical Daily Wail rubbish!!!"

So what are the figures then? With your proof of course.

What this shows is that we should stop using race as a reason for anything like this.

[spathiphyllum]

I agree YMB. The fact colour is a factor for anything statistical in my opinion is pathetic.

[EDDIE51]

AOG, WAY over 2/3rds of Children are White British !! this is all to do with % . The Daily Wail is well known for its misrepresentation of news to suit its own agenda !

[aelmpvw]

''disadvantaged'' is an obscure adjective but i'm sure that two thirds of white british children are in the majority so the ''census'' doesn't surprise me

[Baldric]

// Typical Daily Wail rubbish! //

How do you know this Eddie?

[youngmafbog]

He doesnt, he is being his usual self.

[jno]

Eddie is correct, more than two thirds of any sector in Britain are likely to be white. It's a pointless statistic.

That many of them live on the coast is interesting, but the story doesn't explain it.

[Peter Pedant]

oh damn I thought this was gonna be

two thirds of disadvantaged children whine incessantly on AB

to which I would answer - I doubt it but lordy some days it seems like it !

[EDDIE51]

Coastal town are very often 'disadvantaged' as there is little work outside the 'Holiday' industry , which is highly seasonal!

[anotheoldgit]

EDDIE51

AOG, WAY over 2/3rds of Children are White British !! this is all to do with % .

I think that you will find that 2/3rds is a fraction.

But apart from that, I repeat again it was Damian Hinds who stated that two thirds of disadvantaged children are white British, the Daily Mail only reported on that.

[Cloverjo]

All children who are disadvantaged need help, regardless of ethnicity. The DM chose to highlight the white children.

[anotheoldgit]

Yes I admit that at the moment this is mainly a white populated country, but the whole point of this report is the fact that we hear very little about white disadvantageousness, but plenty about those experienced by other ethnicities.

[anotheoldgit]

Cloverjo

/// All children who are disadvantaged need help, regardless of ethnicity. The DM chose to highlight the white children. ///

And about time too, but it was the Educational Secretary, who first highlighted the fact and later reported on his findings, which it is their job as a newspaper, whether or not other news outlets chose not to do so, speaks volumes of their reluctance to report on such sensitive issues.

[THECORBYLOON]

Unless the percentage is disproportionate to the perentage of wee ones who are white and British, does it add anything to the wider debate?

[THECORBYLOON]

"percentage of wee ones" (in case folk thought I had mis-spelt parentage.)