Statistics
And then there are politically fuelled statements.
\what am I talking about? Well I thought I'd read the Oxford Mail article that trumpets: Oxford University diversity figures trigger backlash
OXFORD University has been criticised after publishing figures showing 'glacial' progress in admitting students from diverse backgrounds.
More than a quarter of colleges did not admit a single black British student each year between 2015 and 2017.
Eight colleges - Corpus Christi, Balliol, Exeter, Jesus, Magdalen, New, University and Worcester - admitted two or less black students between 2015 and 2017, the University says.
How disgraceful.
The new report, which will now be published annually following pressure from Labour MP David Lammy - who has been a strong critic of diversity at the University - covers five admission years, from 2013 - 2017.
Oh very good then. We should see how bad they are.
Over the period, it shows that:
The proportion of students from state schools rose from 56.8 per cent to 58.2 per cent.
The proportion identifying as Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) rose from 13.9 per cent per cent to 17.9 per cent.
The list goes on but let's cap it there and go on to.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Lammy described progress at the institution as 'glacial' and said the University was 'failing badly'.
Does he now. Glacial and "failing badly"
He goes on to say:
"Oxford is still a bastion of white, middle class, southern privilege.
"You are twice as likely to get in if you are white than black.
It's time to stop there and actually check his facts. We have the facts because we did a census in 2011 which tells us the Demography of the UK.
So let us see. In 2011:
White 87.17%
Asian or British Asian 6.92%
Black or British Black 1.98%
Now Oxford do not actually break down into Black and other ethnicities. However the reality is this.
If you are white your chances, against ethnicity are less than 1:1 because whites are 87% of the population and white students at Oxford make up 82%. Not only that but Oxford takes in white international students.
If you are BME your chances of getting in are >2:1 based on the ethnicity balance of the UK. Where BME makes 8.9% of the population and has 17.9% representation at Oxford.
so not only is the Labour MP wrong he is being racist against white people by claiming that Whites are disadvantaging Blacks when exactly the opposite is the case. In the same proportion. Which makes him wrong by 400%
Even more is that BME in the UK increased by 40% in the decade between 2001 and 2011, yet BME increased by 28% in Oxford in the last 5 years. Making the disparity even worse than it already was.
I know there a lot of Labour MP's who are complete dicks who's political ideology stinks, but why the hell doesn't someone with a bit of moral backbone stand up and call them for the charlatans they are????
Again, clearly predicted in a famous speech; yet demonised.
