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Anyone who has watched the hit Netflix show Bridgerton might have raised an eyebrow or two at the sight of an elegant Georgian England that bears little or no resemblance to the historical reality. The line-up of characters features a dramatic display of ethnically diverse characters that serves almost as a parody of the tick-box casting the BBC has recently been told to stop indulging in.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has put together plans to diversify the countryside and make it “less white”, according to the Telegraph, though perhaps it should be called the “Bridgertonisation” of rural Britain:
The plans follow Defra-commissioned reports that claimed the countryside would become “irrelevant” in a multicultural society, as it was a “white environment” principally enjoyed by the “white middle class”.
National Landscapes – previously called areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) – and their local councils have since committed to a number of diversity targets.
The Chilterns National Landscape team has set out proposals that include community outreach schemes to attract more Muslims to the area, particularly from nearby Luton.
More diverse staff will be recruited, marketing material will be produced featuring people visibly from ethnic minorities, and written in “community languages”.
Research has also been commissioned to support this work, some of which suggests that dogs should be kept under tighter control, as some groups are scared of them....<<<Read More>>>...
