The Blind
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| Originally published | September 26, 2017 |
| Authors | A. F. Brady |
| Genres | Thriller |
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| Psychological Thriller | |
| Psychological Fiction | |
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| ID | 2323080 |
About The Blind
‘Taut and intelligent' Prima ‘Utterly addictive' Lisa Hall Every morning, psychiatrist Sam James gets up at six forty-five. She has a shower, drinks a cup of coffee, then puts on her make-up. She ignores the empty bottles piling up by her door. . . .
Blind Side family feud reignites a cultural debate
... The Blind Side tells the tale of a struggling black teenager living in foster care who goes to college and becomes a star athlete with a white family s help...
Michael Oher, subject of The Blind Side, alleges 'adoptive parents' tricked him
... In 2009 movie The Blind Side, Michael Oher, a foster child in Tennessee, is adopted by a wealthy white couple and blooms into a star college athlete...
Bryan Randall: Sandra Bullock's long-term partner dies aged 57
... " Sandra Bullock is best-known for films such as Speed, Gravity and Miss Congeniality, and won an Oscar in 2010 for her performance in The Blind Side...
Manipur: Murders and mayhem tearing apart an Indian state
... Manghaulian, an 18-year-old Kuki teenager, was forced to escape from a school for The Blind in Imphal as violence erupted in the valley...
Love Island: Do ITV show's new audio descriptions go far enough?
... " Although I d say it s quite a big group, people do forget about The Blind and visually impaired, because people just live day to day and watch it normally...
Coronation order of service in full
... And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, the Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to The Blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord...
Rishi Sunak to set out grooming gangs taskforce plan
... Ms Braverman said while the fault lay with the perpetrators for " carrying out heinous and vile acts of depravity" there was also " a wilful turning of The Blind eye" among authorities...
Oscars 2023: Two decades on the Vanity Fair party red carpet
... The following night she won best actress for The Blind Side...
Rishi Sunak to set out grooming gangs taskforce plan
By Jemma CrewBBC News
Plans for a police taskforce to help officers tackle grooming gangs will be set out by the Prime Minister later.
Specialist officers will be sent to help local forces with their investigations, the government said.
It also promised better ethnicity data to help ensure abusers " cannot evade justice because of cultural sensitivities".
Labour said it called for expanded police specialist teams nearly a decade ago but the government " failed to act".
Mr Sunak will be in Leeds and Greater Manchester on Monday to meet victims and local police, to mark The Launch of the taskforce.
He Said : " The safety of women and girls is paramount.
" For too long, Political Correctness has stopped us from weeding out vile criminals who prey On Children and Young Women .
" We will stop at nothing to stamp out these dangerous gangs. "
The plans also include introducing legislation to make membership of a grooming gang an aggravating factor during sentencing, Downing Street said.
And it said improved data on the ethnicity of perpetrators would also be used to help ensure suspects " cannot hide behind cultural sensitivities as a way to evade justice".
But Sabah Kaiser, ethnic minority ambassador to The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), said it was " very, very dangerous" to turn child sexual abuse " into a matter of colour".
She told BBC Radio 4 's Today Programme: " Child sexual abuse does not have a skin colour, it doesn't have a religion, it doesn't have a culture. Child sexual abuse does not discriminate. "
It Comes after the government said people who work with children in England will be legally required to report child sexual abuse or face prosecution, under its plans.
The Move - which is subject to a consultation - was recommended Last Year by IICSA.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman told The Bbc she wanted to correct one of the " biggest national scandals".
Ms Braverman said while the fault lay with The Perpetrators for " carrying out heinous and vile acts of depravity" there was also " a wilful turning of The Blind eye" among authorities.
She Said that in towns around the country, " vulnerable white girls living in troubled circumstances have been abused, drugged, raped, and exploited" by networks of gangs of rapists, which she claimed were " overwhelmingly" made up of British-Pakistani males.
Ms Braverman added that " cultural sensitivities" and concerns about " being called bigoted" had played a role in high-profile abuse scandals including in Rochdale and Rotherham.
An independent inquiry found at least 1,400 children had been subjected to sexual abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, with The Perpetrators predominantly men of Pakistani heritage.
Later, Home Office-commissioned research found that, more generally, there was not enough evidence to suggest members of grooming gangs were more likely to be Asian or black than other ethnicities.
Dr Ella Cockbain, associate professor at University College London's Department of Security and Crime Science , said the government was " disregarding and contradicting" its own research.
She told BBC Radio 4 's Today programme: " She (Ms Braverman) is choosing to mainstream hard-right talking points, and to push discredited stereotypes. " That is really dangerous and reductive. " It allows other offenders to get away with abuse. "
The Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire , Tracy Brabin , called Ms Braverman's comments a " dog whistle" - Meaning a coded message designed to appeal to a certain group.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said: " Ministers have known about The Role of organised gangs in child exploitation for years - yet when Labour called for mandatory reporting and expanded police specialist teams nearly a decade ago, they failed to act and have dragged their heels ever since.
" Only 11% of child sexual abuse cases ends with a charge - Down from 32% seven years ago, and The Court delays have got far worse with victims waiting years for justice.
" Short term headlines aren't enough. We need a comprehensive plan that listens to survivors and victims and properly tackles child exploitation and abuse, including online, to keep children safe. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
