Ethnic Minority Communities and Sport Background information
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In 1989 the English Sports Council introduced its first policy targeting people from ethnic minority communities. This was followed in 1992 by a statement that recognised existing inequalities of opportunity in sport for people from ethnic minority communities and acknowledged a duty to work towards the elimination of racial disadvantage and discrimination in sport, and promote good race relations.
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