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Does the countryside have a diversity problem?

Does the countryside have a diversity problem?

5 live listeners have their say…

There's been a lot of discussion over the last few days about racism in rural areas. This comes after a report from the Wildlife and Countryside Link - which represents National Trust, the RSPCA, the WWF and other conservation charities, has said that β€œracist colonial legacies continue to frame nature in the UK as a β€˜white space’”. The Former ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Suella Braverman says the suggestion that the countryside is not welcoming to ethnic minorities because it is a predominantly white environment is "wrong, dangerous and disempowering". 5 Live listeners told Nicky Campbell told their experience…

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