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No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs: Disability is the New Black

Scriptonite Daily | 19.02.2013 16:26 | Analysis | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | London | World

A charity for families with disabled children has published a report revealing children with disabilities are being illegally excluded from schools. Whilst troubling enough, this news forms the crest of a wave of policies disenfranchising and impoverishing people with disabilities across the country. In the 1950’s there were signs in British Bed and Breakfasts saying ‘No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs’; in 21st century Britain, perhaps disability is the new black.



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No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish........

19.02.2013 16:44

..was the sentiment in lots of dives right up through the eighties. When I first arrived in the UK in the mid eighties that was the sign that welcomed me in several places.....

Sean Da Lere