Black people in Britain form a small and relatively powerless minority of the electorate and the few who have joined the main political parties do not have equal opportunities with whites. Yet crude racism is only one of the obstacles they face: as important is the unconscious attitude of those who profess to be their friends. These are the findings of Political Parties and Black People, a Runnymede Trust report. It concludes that the parties cannot look for racial equality in society at large without first putting their own houses in order. Anita Bhalla talks to the report's author,
Marian Fitzgerald , to J. Gohel , the chairman of the Anglo-Asian Conservative Society, and to former parliamentary candidates Paul Boateng (Labour) and Zerbanoo Gifford (Alliance). Producer bish MEHAY
Executive producer ASHOK RAMPAL BBC Pebble Mill