Anti-Racism Chief Warns of 'Tinderbox Scotland' After Being Racially Attacked Race: Tensions Deputy Chair of Commission for Racial Equality Fears Middle East Crisis Is Having Effect On Local Areas
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THE deputy chair of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) was racially attacked in a Scottish shopping centre - and she has claimed it was directly linked to the crisis in the Middle East.
Kay Hampton, who is also the Scottish commissioner of the CRE, was verbally assaulted in The Avenue shopping centre in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, last Friday. She believes she was mistaken for a Muslim, and the attack was directly linked with the conflict in Lebanon.See the full content of this document
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Anti-Racism Chief Warns of 'Tinderbox Scotland' After Being Racially Attacked Race: Tensions Deputy Chair of Commission for Racial Equality Fears Middle East Crisis Is Having Effect On Local Areas
Hampton told the Sunday Herald she was shopping with her daughter when she heard a man call them "pigs". After she challenged him, the man became loud and aggressive, and followed her...
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