"Misleading Fantasy" that Scotland has no problem with racism

The belief that Scotland is immune to racism and 'culturally different' to England is a 'misleading fantasy', MSPs on the Cross-Party Group on Tackling Islamophobia will be told. A new book, edited by experts from the University of Glasgow, will be launched at the meeting on Wednesday 9 May 2018 and dismisses the idea there is 'no problem here' regarding racism in Scotland. It claims Brexit has given this 'myth' a 'new lease of life' with a sense of 'Scottish exceptionalism' - that people in Scotland are different from the English. The book argues 'a better Scotland will only be built by confronting the evil of racism rather than pretending it does not exist'. The book, 'No Problem Here: Understanding Racism in Scotland' includes: Analysis revealing the per capita rate of murders with a known or suspected race element in Scotland was higher than in the rest of the UK between 2000 and 2013 (1.8 murders per million people compared to 1. Data highlighting that black and minority ethnic (BAME) applicants for large public sector organisations have a 1.1 per cent chance of being appointed, compared to 8.1 per cent for their white counterparts. Reports of discrimination towards BAME groups when using public transport and health care in Scotland.