Am I a "liberal"?

[Kyuuketsuki]

Kyu/Adrian, people " make a fuss " when a white person gets a job for being preferred to a black person similarly qualified. That's racism in action.

Um, you're going to have to clarify that as I'm not sure what you mean? Based on your last post I am assuming you still think it racist that when an equally qualified white and non-white compete for a role and the white gets it it is racism ... it isn't (or rather probably isn't ... it might be but you can't assume it is) and even when the lesser qualified white gets the role it might not be racism because there are ALWAYS other factors to take into account.

We boast about our education system in this country, about how good it is. Year-on-year cse and a -level results suggest our young people are doing better than ever before. More people go to university.

Yes ... it's called declining educational standards!

Despite all this education,racism persists. Legislation is needed....you can't wish equality into being.

It is already against the law to act in a racist, sexist or (for want of a better word) orientatist fashion ... whilst I accept that the practice of it may not be perfect what more legislation is needed?

People not getting jobs because of their ethnicity is racism. It's not about anything more sophisticated.

Indeed but employing a lesser qualified white over a non-white is not necessarily about ethnicity, it might be about one of the many other factors considered in an interview. OTOH, affirmative action IS racist.

Kyu