Too many magistrates in England and Wales are "old and white"

[phil675]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37689255

Alex Yip is working to get younger people and ethnic minorities to become magistrates and wants firms encouraged to give staff time off to volunteer.
"I work with a lot of very talented people but they are old and white," the 34-year-old said.
MPs are calling for urgent action over figures that show 86% of magistrates are aged 50 or over and 89% are white.
A report by the Commons justice committee said there were "serious" problems with diversity at a time when the numbers volunteering were falling.

So I heard this story on the radio this morning, does anyone else get irked by this, after being told their entire childhood that people's race/skin colour doesn't matter?

Surely this line "I work with a lot of very talented people but they are old and white," is a racist comment? Why are the BBC giving this airtime?

 

[scorza]

Old, white people aren't a designated victim class.

 

[deuse]

Alex Yip is a racist.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

The holy trinity of posters right there

 

[Cosimo]

The holy trinity of posters right there

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil...

 

[phil675]

The holy trinity of posters right there

What are you trying to say?

 

[Chojin]

MPs are calling for urgent action over figures that show 86% of magistrates are aged 50 or over and 89% are white.

Yet the UK population is 87.1% white, I see no problem with this.

 

[lude1962]

Alex Yip is a racist.

and ageist

 

[Efour]

Sooner you get Sharia law in the uk the better.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I foresee this thread ending well

 

[Derek W]

SEND THEM BACK........

Spoiler

to the retirement homes

 

[antijoke]

I wish we would progress through this "lack of diversity" crap.

 

[Casdawer]

Give it a couple of decades and it will change.

These things can't be changed over night.

 

[Hades]

If I see a young non white magistrate wearing traditional English court attire then I will accuse them of cultural appropriation.

Triggered!

 

[John40]

As all threads that now have even a whiff of race are closed, goodbye thread.

 

[Freakbro]

Don't do anything wrong and you won't see any of them anyway?

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Hear false evil, see false evil, speak false evil...

Fixed for ya, think that sums up the situation better

 

[Avenged7Fold]

I wish we would progress through this "lack of diversity" crap.

Sooner we get past that, the sooner we can get past the 'Why is everyone else allowed to be a victim but meh QQ'

Its all BS; fitting an equal amount of women to men in positions of power, checking off a list of ethnic minorities to meet a quota, middle class white westerners crying about how they are not allowed to be victims.

As all threads that now have even a whiff of race are closed, goodbye thread.

What are you talking about? This thread is going to be closed because there are too many white, old people in it.

 

[phil675]

middle class white westerners crying about how they are not allowed to be victims.

It's not about victimhood, but all people should be equally held accountable for the things they say.

This man is a magistrate, does his statement I quoted in the OP not show bias? To use the now clichéd phrase, can you imagine if the races were reversed? He'd be out on his botty in minutes.

Edit: It reminds me of something my grandmother used to do, where she would say 'The doctor is a lovely man, but you know' and tap her hand. The article seems no different to that outdated attitude, which I'm sure is offensive to some.

 

[V4NT0M]

Only 89% are white?! About representative isn't it.