(LBC) Britain’s countryside needs more halal food and is “overwhelmingly white,” a new report has claimed.
Academics from the University of Leicester have penned a report on the issue of “rural racism,” which looks at the experience of ethnic minorities in the British countryside.
The report, titled “How Can We Make the Countryside More Inclusive?,” says non-white people experience “discomfort” and a “psychological burden” when traversing rural spaces in the UK.
Researchers from the university’s Centre for Hate Studies said the country pub culture and other “monocultural customs” are exclusionary.
Likewise, they say that the countryside lacks the “appropriate facilities to meet religious and cultural needs” because of a lack of halal, kosher, and other religious dietary options.
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