Addressing Racism in Carmarthenshire
The harrowing death of George Floyd in the USA and the weeks of protest and debate that have followed has given us all an opportunity to reflect on the harsh reality of racism across the world. We pride ourselves on being a caring, open and inclusive County, but it has to be openly acknowledged that sadly elements of racism and intolerance remain within our society today. It is therefore incumbent on this Council to formally recognise these failings, reach out to the BAME community, formulate proactive educational programmes and undertale a re-evalutaion of our historical monuments in the light of recent events. Therefore:
This Council
The council will:
· Continue to learn from historical events in a factually balanced approach
Minutes:
(NOTE: Councillor A. Lenny had earlier declared an interest in this item)
Council considered the
following Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor
Liam Bowen:-
Addressing Racism in Carmarthenshire
The harrowing death of George Floyd in the USA and the weeks of protest and debate that have followed has given us all an opportunity to reflect on the harsh reality of racism across the world. We pride ourselves on being a caring, open and inclusive County, but it has to be openly acknowledged that sadly elements of racism and intolerance remain within our society today. It is therefore incumbent on this Council to formally recognise these failings, reach out to the BAME community, formulate proactive educational programmes and undertale a re-evalutaion of our historical monuments in the light of recent events. Therefore:
This Council
The council will:
· Continue to learn from historical events in a factually balanced approach
The motion was duly seconded.
The following amendment to the motion was proposed by Councillor F. Akhtar that amended bullet points one and five only within Councillor Bowen’s Motion ie:
The council will:
The amendment was duly seconded
The proposer and seconder of the Amendment were afforded the opportunity of speaking in support thereof and outlined the reasons for its submission.
A number of statements were made in support of the amendment.
The Council was advised that the proposer and seconder of the original motion accepted the amendment.
The amendment thereupon became the substantive motion
Council was advised that if the substantive motion was supported it would be referred to the Executive Board.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the Substantive Motion be supported and referred to the Executive Board.
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