RACISM was to rip East Lancashire apart unless all ethnic groups were given equal opportunities, according to a racial equality group today.
Rafique Malik, chairman of the Blackburn Racial Equality Council, warned in his annual report that there had to be a major drive to end discrimination or the fabric of the area's multi-racial society could be destroyed.
He added that the movement had failed to make a major impact.
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