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Authorities are more interested in being PC than stopping forced marriages, equality chief says

David Cameron’s equality “tsar” has blamed liberal “hand-wringing” and political correctness for preventing abuse in the name of multi-culturalism.

Louise Casey suggested abuses such as forced marriage were being allowed to continue because some officials are more interested in PC language.

Ms Casey, who is leading a Government review of opportunities and segregation among ethnic minorities, indicated that British authorities suffer from a hesitancy to tackle deep-seated problems in some ethnic minority communities.

“Take forced marriage. We let some of that happen because we’re so politically correct in wanting our multi-cultural Britain we forget to talk about equality,” she said.

Read More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/12121338/Authorities-are-more-interested-in-being-PC-than-stopping-arranged-marriages-equality-chief-says.html

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