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The Point

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Initial release USA
Directors Fred Wolf
Composers Harry Nilsson
Narrators Dustin Hoffman
Ringo Starr
Alan Thicke
Alan Barzman
Harry Nilsson
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About The Point


The creatures who live in the Land of Point all have pointy features, except Oblio (Mike Lookinland), whose circular head is unusual. Singled out because of his appearance, Oblio is exiled to the Pointless Forest. In the process, he learns that it doesn't matter what you look like -- it's who you are on the inside that counts. Narrated by former Beatle Ringo Starr and featuring music by late folk-rocker Harry Nilsson, this animated children's fable is about one of life's important lessons. …

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... " And that has taken a long time to try and bring her round from that, for a long long time she didn t see The Point in anything...

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... In George Cooper s case, he says one was " so unreceptive to The Point where they were actually angry" and for Elle Gorman, they questioned whether she was " not eating on purpose"...

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Black Lives matter: Have led to the racial inequality reviews to the action?

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that he will Set Up a new Commission, all of the "aspects of inequality. "

But David Lammy , The Shadow justice Minister, criticised The Plan to the Commission on racial and Ethnic differences. He Said the government should reviews instead, on the implementation of recommendations from existing.

So, what's been said about race and inequality, and the previous reviews led to government action?

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In the year 2018, Wendy Williams , a prominent member of The Police watchdog body, had been commissioned, The Events in the run-up to the Windrush scandal, in which A Number of people have been deported wrongfully by the Home Office .

The review, published in March of this year :

The Home Office has been asked to publish a "comprehensive plan to improve within six months report", taking into account all the recommendations. It is only three months since the review was published, and Ms Williams said they would review progress in 18 Months .

The Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was "deeply moved" by The Report and would "review and reflect on the recommendations. "

Lammy Review (2017)

In the year 2016, David Lammy , was asked to lead a government review into The Treatment of black and ethnic minorities (Sundays) individuals in the " Criminal Justice system in England and Wales.

The last, including:

The Ministry of justice says that 16 have been implemented from the recommendations, but has not given us The Details of the what.

Six of the proposals at The Time of The Report 's release were rejected.

David Lammy says 2017 report 35 recommendations for the reform of Criminal Justice

Mr Lammy, there is still work to be done in the three main areas of diversity in the judiciary, criminal records and Youth Justice , the latter being the biggest cause for concern.

In The Most recent statistics, black children were about four times more often than white children, and Sundays people represented half of all Young People in Custody .

Young People in Custody

% of Young People in prison by ethnicity in England and Wales

source: Ministry of justice

recommendations for the Reform of The Youth -offender-panels were not fully implemented. The government rejected a proposal, which should follow the judge to increase an agreed number of cases in the Youth Justice System from beginning to end, your understanding of the area.

The Ministry of justice recognises that more needs to be done in this area. Also, the government rejected the recommendation that the judiciary should be representative of the entire population, by the year 2025.

display of Sundays-groups in the courts

% of judges in England and Wales

source: the courts and tribunals of justice

The review recommended the adoption of the new system for the sealing of criminal records searches in many U.S. States, with the presumption, a positive effect on those who have committed crimes, are able to demonstrate at a Young age, but, that you have changed since your conviction.

The government says it is still considering these, together with recommendations for The Criminal records of other groups, in particular the European Parliament, justice Committee.

McGregor-Smith Review (2017)

The McGregor-Smith looked in the Affairs of the Belarusian-groups in the workplace in the UK.

It was found that they were under employed and under-promoted.

"In many of the organisation, the processes, in place, from recruitment to progression to the top, conveniently located on a selected group of individuals," it said.

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agreed, The government with many of the recommendations, but said he hopes "reasonable employer in the UK will meet The Challenges ", so that it can implement to private companies to make changes to.

with the introduction of legislation for the larger facilities, to release diversity data, the government said it believed a "non-legislative solution is the correct approach for now is".

including A Survey of the company revealed that little had changed in the year since the audit, with The Exception of the increased care.

Angiolini Review (2017)

found that, while the mortality were arrested under the Black People , was not disproportionate to White People in England, the proportion of deaths in connection with application of violence.

He also noted that Mental Health and intoxication, was an important factor in cases of death in police Custody , i.e., Black People with Mental Health problems suffered often "double discrimination".

Only a handful of the 110 recommendations were specific to the race:

The government's response or the progress update is not specific reference to deaths in the Custody of The Police with minorities.

pointed out, had it checked, guidelines for dealing with allegations of discrimination. It is also a better breakdown of the data has, in The Past two years.

Other reviews

Other reports have shown, institutional differences in the case of the Sundays-groups in The Past , including:



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Source of news: bbc.com

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