Reaching out to Ethnic and Minority Groups - Cree
North Down Ulster Unionist candidate Leslie Cree was encouraged this week after receiving an email from a young RE student who suggested that the Ulster Unionist Party were successfully reaching out to ethnic and minority groups on his Party’s main website.
In his comments to the politician he wrote, “Can I just note how pleased I was to see how people from the Arabic, Chinese, Lithuanian, Polish and Portuguese can read the UUP website. Something as simple as this is missing in other party websites but I am glad someone has thought of them.”
In response Mr Cree stated,
“It is refreshing in this period of extremes that young people including foreign nationals are taking a real interest in and are asking questions about what should be normal politics in our society.”
If we are to become a normal pluralist society it is essential that we all recognise our cultural and ethnic differences. All of us working together will make a stronger and more cosmopolitan society in this modern world. “
This must be the way forward if we are to engage meaningfully in the areas of economic development including tourism, a flexible labour market, an improved educational climate and health and prosperity for all.”