People must be prepared to have 'difficult conversations' if we are to tackle racism, the former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has said. Sir Peter Fahy, who was in charge of GMP until 2015, also said that people cannot be 'passively anti-racist', but 'actually do something' to fight racism.
His comments came at a conference and awards dinner for an organisation he set up in the wake of terrorist attacks in Europe called #WeStandTogether. Sir Peter was chair of trustees of the organisation which was established under this name in response to the Manchester Arena attack in 2017.
Speaking at the event on Monday (June 1), he said that Greater Manchester became a 'beacon to the world' after the attack five years ago and offered his views on how to address the 'real challenges' facing the world right now. He said: "My experience is you can't be passively anti-racist. We actually have to do something.
