Scottish people are to be officially recognised as a distinct ethnic group under new guidelines for monitoring racial and ethnic equality.
The Scots, the English and the Welsh, will now be able to affirm their national identity on official forms. Census forms and job applications have until now only allowed groupings like Asians, Chinese and Africans to specify their ethnicity.
The move should result in closer monitoring of how Scots are treated. It is also expected to make job hunting fairer enabling greater racial equality in the workplace. The new move will also crackdown on public sector employers to promote racial equality. Private companies will also come under close scrutiny.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3387749.stm
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