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...student, Joseph Boateng, is from Ghana, and the suit alleges that he was mistreated because of his race...
According to Boateng's attorney, W. Thomas Smith, Boateng was mistaken for another Coop member with a similar name who had a considerable debt on his account...
...change: last year more than 140 nonwhite candidates were elected to local councils in Greater London. In the current campaign for Parliament, the Tories, the Labor Party and the Social Democratic-Liberal Party Alliance are fielding a total of 27 nonwhite candidates. Virtually assured of winning are Lawyer Paul Boateng, who was born in Ghana; local Council Leader Bernie Grant, a Guyanan; and former local Councilor Diane Abbott, who was born in London of West Indian parents. All are Labor candidates in London constituencies with substantial Labor majorities. More than 30% of the districts' voters are nonwhite...
...fearful of a white backlash if Labor appears to support too many black candidates, some of whom are outspoken radicals associated with the party's "loony left." Racism also poses a formidable electoral hurdle. "In the U.S., at least it is never questioned that blacks are Americans," says Boateng. "The tragedy is that however long you are here, even if you were born here, you can never be British...
...Secretary of State for Families and Immigrants. "One thing that has interested me most is the effort to see that there are always blacks in [responsible positions] in order to give the black population an image of itself and its role in American society." Says Britain's Boateng: "America still has deep-rooted racism, but at least there has been a recognition of that fact and a political will to do something about it. Here society as a whole doesn't recognize racism, and there's no political will or machinery to change...