4% of the population yet only 1% of the Covid-19 deaths
In the Herald today:
Matt Hancock has insisted “black lives matter” as he published a new review which found black, Asian and minority ethnic people were at significantly higher risk of dying from the coronavirus. The study, from Public Health England, looked at the risk factors for coronavirus and found BAME individuals had a much higher risk of death than white people as do those from poorer backgrounds, men and anyone who is obese or suffering from diabetes.
Might a writer for a Scottish newspaper ask the obvious question as to the situation in Scotland or just assume it will be the same? It’s easy to answer:
In England:
Black and Minority Ethnic people make up 14.5% of the population in England but have had 17% of all Covid-19 deaths. However, some groups, are particularly affected. Black Caribbeans are likely to die at twice rate of their population share. Even more striking, Pakistanis are dying at three times the rate of their population share.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52219070
In Scotland:
4.1% (225 000) of the Scottish population is recorded as one of the non-White ethnic minority groups yet they only make up 1% of the Covid-19 deaths.
‘https://www.statista.com/statistics/367842/scotland-ethnicity-of-population/
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/statistics/covid19/ethnicity-deceased-covid-19-may20.pdf
I always hesitate with numbers but that difference between 1% and 17% looks significant, enough to want to explore the reason why. I suspect our MSM may not be interested.
Footnote: Even if we extract the Asian group, 2.6% of the population, they have only 0.9% of the deaths.
Footnote 2: Were any of the 8.9% unrecorded BAME? Doesn’t even the low-level subconscious racism, all-too-common, suggest that to a ‘white’ recorder, ‘white’ skin will be less notable?
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Can the deaths be considered in isolation? Is there a connection to the numbers being infected due to PPE shortages?
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Another reason just might be that a high proportion of the BAME group in Scotland are more accepted and actually respected here
And high nos.of this group are in highly visible employment situations e.g.proffessional health care,corner shops etc
All of which can be seen as useful to all in our society
Which in turn only leads to them integrating into our culture and ourselves
Being more able to respect & understand their culture
How does one get respect
Such can only ever be attained by never ever asking for it but only by giving it
And when given freely then it so easy for the receiver to reciprocate in kind
This is Not rocket science
Tis called quite simply Human Decency
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One of the jibes thrown at pro-independence supporters during 2014 was that we were claiming ‘Scottish exceptionalism’: that Scots were ‘superior’ in some ways. This fits with the ‘nationalism as fascist and racist’ characterisation of pro-independence, despite it having been made clear that the criterion of ‘Scottishness’ was’ lives in Scotland.’
The unionists, of course, did not see that their Britishness was ‘exceptionalism’ – “When Britain First at heav’ns command” (rulr Britannia) or ‘The White Man’s burden’ (Kipling,not the exceptionally good cakes.) etc. etc.
Nor did they see that their denigration of Scots was proof that they believed we WERE EXCEPTIONAL: exceptional in the sense that unlike the citizens of 200 or so other countries, we were uniquely incapable of running things for ourselves. In fact, it is an article of faith in Scottish Labour that Scots are not genetically programmed to run OUR (sic) affairs – the pure and undiluted ‘cringe’.
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