Equal rights?

An Iraqi-born leisure centre worker has been awarded more than £100,000 after winning a discrimination case against his employers in Flintshire.

The company in a statement claimed that Mr Al-Jumard had shown "aggressive and inappropriate behaviour towards staff".

Mr Al-Jumard complained to his employers when two white men, who refused to share a whirlpool bath with two Asian men, were given a refund.

The tribunal in Abergele declared that the manner in which the company bowed to the wishes of the two men revealed its attitude to such issues.

Tribunal chairman Sheila Warren said: "The way that was dealt with was indirect discrimination and showed the attitude of the respondent company to issues of race."



The issue in this case is not one in which anyone was refused entry to the centre but one in which individual visitors did not wish to share with other visitors. What we are talking about is taking away the right of individuals to choose who they associate with, forced integration.

According to the tribunal, two white men should not be given the right to decline a whirlpool bath with two Asians, yet the two Asian men it seems have that right.

Following on from the recent revelations that various councils up and down the country such as Croydon are holding Muslim only sessions, we now have a situation in Wolverhampton where they have started running ethnic minority only swimming sessions.

Wolverhampton City Council employs special life-guards and instructors for the sessions, which are open to the city's black and asian residents only, and the regular workers have to leave.

As a result of flawed PC legislation and wholesale discrimination, we now have a situation in which a white person cannot refuse to share with an asian person, whilst at the same time asian and black people can refuse to share with white people.

This type of discrimination cannot and must not be tolerated, there has to be a decision made. Do we have freedom of choice or do we have forced integration, you can't have it both ways.

Ex-centre worker wins race case