“Perhaps the REALEST segment a primetime news programme has ever broadcast on the British Empire.” H/T Writers Of Colour.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced a special programme worth £20 million of funding, to teach the English language to Muslim women immigrants in the country in January.
His suggestion for Muslim women learn English as a measure to "tackle extremism" was not well-received, and his blaming "traditional submissiveness of Muslim women" as a factor of Islamic radicalisation was criticised as well.
Cameron also suggested that the women could be deported if they didn't speak English fluently enough.
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Two days ago, Channel 4 News posted a video interviewing a group of Muslim women living in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, regarding Cameron's stance.
This group, mostly comprising Pakistani women, holds meetings at a community centre, and the discourse is held in Urdu.
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Facebook page Writers Of Colour shared some really powerful screenshots from the video, which are now going viral.
It was captioned, "Perhaps the REALEST segment a primetime news programme has ever broadcast on the British Empire".
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While the group was divided on learning English being made mandatory, one Pakistani woman, Parveen Sadiq, had this to say.
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