After seeing Cloaked9000's post on an action we can take in regards to BBC's discriminatory hiring practices, I got in touch with the Charity Commission. Today they responded with this email:
Dear Sir
Thank you for contacting us recently and raising your concerns about Creative Access.
Whilst I appreciate that you feel strongly about this issue, I would advise that it is not a matter in which the Commission can become involved.
Whilst a charity must exist for the public benefit, this does not necessarily mean that every member of the public should benefit. The charity has to further its objects and the trustees would not be able to accept applications from anyone who falls outside the beneficiary class, which in this case, are the under-represented racial groups. Ultimately this is a decision for the trustees, however, they must be able to evidence that the groups they are targeting are the beneficiary class in accordance with the objects.
Thank you again for contacting us.
Yours faithfully
Debbie Fleming
Charity Commission – Permissions and Compliance
For clarity's sake, this is what I sent to them:
Subject: Creative Access - 1146822
Raising concerns about a charity Submitted: 08/05/2016 19:40:19
Charity name
Creative Access
Charity number (if known)
1146822
Identify which of the below best represents the concerns that you wish to report:
Criminality within or involving a charity
Do you have evidence of this?
Yes
Please provide a summary of the evidence
Hello!
"Creative Access" is currently in the act of discriminating in employment and service provision against people of a white ethnicity.
Evidence of this activity can be found on the "opportunities" page on their website: http://creativeaccess.org.uk/opportunities . Evidence can also be found in their "short description" on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeAccessUK/info/?tab=page_info
"Creative Access" states that "All roles advertised through Creative Access are only open to UK nationals from a black, Asian or non-white ethnic minority". As you can see, they are intentionally excluding/including people by race which is illegal under the equality act.
Please set out any additional facts and information about the serious issue that you wish to report:
Company number 7958624
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[–] 5324804? 0 points 66 points 66 points (+66|-0) ago
This is simple.
Create a fake website claiming to be a commissioned charity
Using the same verbiage, state that "blacks need not apply"
Submit a complaint to the Charity Commission
When they respond saying that it's some violation of such-and-such law and they're going to investigate it, post the two letters side by side in an image and post it back to Voat.
[–] LilBrattyMkr 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
I would love to see this in action. OP, please do this!
[–] InyourfaceNancyGrace 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
You got me curious, so I Google-searched for white-only charities. There are none, and in fact the top result is satirical bullshit.
[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well, in that case you'd be breaking the law by falsely claiming to be a commissioned charity, which is what they'd probably respond to.
[–] 5326712? 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago (edited ago)
Easy fix.
This website is intended for entertainment purposes only.
[–] TheDude2 0 points 34 points 34 points (+34|-0) ago
Did they say you can create a whites only charity?
[–] HowieCameUnglued 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago
A merit-based scholarship?
[–] tibstibs 0 points 18 points 18 points (+18|-0) ago
Looks like they'd need to be in court to care.
[–] Womb_Raider 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
How do we put 'em there?
[–] sinjinsmythe 1 point 5 points 6 points (+6|-1) ago
Someone white and over qualified needs to apply for the position, get rejected and then sue them for discrimination.
Good luck. As we all know, only whites are racist, and discriminashun only happens to Dindus and SJW's.
[–] tibstibs 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with the UK justice system.
[–] mleczko 0 points 14 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago
got the exact same answer. cunts.
[–] rogueplanet 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
same here, a cut and paste answer
[–] [deleted] 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago (edited ago)
[–] Synisterintent 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
Not to nit pick but racism is racism be it white on black, black on white, waffle on pancake or cheese on cheezwiz. Reverse racism is the opposite or no racism. (And a dumb term lol)
[–] pawel7777 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Amen. Was going to post the same.
[–] TheDude2 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Another thing. How does one evidence that anyone is black? As they mention they must evidence that the groups they are targeting are the beneficiary class. Eugenics?
[–] Mike_S ago
On that "Opportunities" page in the OP you can submit applications for the advertised jobs --> Enter in Firstname and Lastname as a suitable sentence telling them to go fuck themselves, add in a random email address and click "Submit" --> Job done!
Even better if someone can write a pile of code to do this.. hahaha