That the racism can result from an “unconscious bias” doesn’t mean it neither exists or that it’s not throughout an institution. It merely means the ways to eradicate it are different. It could be argued that there is institutional racism throughout society as a result of unconscious bias!

The lack of any actual evidence for the assertions that the BBC turned a blind eye or covered up has already been explained at length. Innuendo and tabloid headlines do not equal evidence.

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So one can be a racist by simply being a sentient being and not actually behaving or acting in a racist way? As I said, even the outgoing chair of the Institute of Race Relations has dismissed 'unconscious bias' as the crock of you know what that it is. [By the way, never heard of using radiation to counter racism before!]

Acting unconsciously doesn’t mean you are sentient. It just means you are unaware you are doing it.

You are misrepresenting what Prescod said. He didn’t suggest that unconscious bias doesn’t exist. He was criticising the concentration on training given to try to deal with it and saying this avoided the need to tackle the problem on an individual basis.

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The Guardian (yes, the Guardian) headlined Prescod's remarks as "Unconscious bias training is ‘nonsense’, says outgoing race relations chair"!

Oh no it doesn't

Red and Blue Army!

She'd perhaps be a little old for a BBC front man if over 16. You could guarantee no employee would have reported his wife beating properly. None would have actually seen it, despite it being part of the show. And management wouldn't turn a blind eye - they'd just not know as much as everyone else did. Must be the most genuinely stupid people ever.

Red and Blue Army!

And look what happened when the Police arrived . . .

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

Red and Blue Army!

I have, what I regard as a well founded, bias about the BBC. I don’t thought about what others say about it. Ask me what the attitudes here are and you would get an honest answer, which I would disagree with but not hide.

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That paedos work for the BBC is beyond doubt. I have little doubt they could be found in any large organisation. The difference is they attract more attention if and when discovered.

That’s not the issue. It’s whether the BBC was complicit in covering up their activities and there is simply no evidence that is true. There’s tonnes of innuendo, assertions and assumptions but nothing has ever ended up in court, let alone seen a conviction.

Could they have done better? Certainly. Have they learned? It seems so. Does that stop the right thinking they are all cut from the same cloth? No.

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