About three dozen people are gathered in the community centre. We should take part in the election because we are fortunate not to be in a dictatorship,' she says earnestly. Much of the discussion that follows is occupied by an argument between Conservative and Labour candidates over whether some comments were racist and a debate with the audience about whether teachers have an attitude problem when it comes to black pupils. I don't vote and I'm not going to start,' she says. This whole notion of one big, happy, ethnic minority family,' she says, 'is worthless.
Asian people have their own issues specific to their culture.
Even Tony Fairweather, who organised Celebration of My Sisters, does not believe there is any such thing as a black vote. We love our children. We want a roof over our heads. We want money in the bank. We don't want crime.