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Lee Jasper (born 4 November 1958) is a British race relations activist, and politician who served as Senior Policy Advisor on Equalities to the former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone until he resigned on 4 March 2008, and was the Respect Party's candidate for the Croydon North by-election. ==Early life and career== Jasper was born on 4 November 1958 in Manchester, Lancashire, to a mixed heritage family. His British-born mother being of Irish and Sierra-Leonean descent and his father Jamaican. He was raised in a working class home along with his mother and sisters until the age of eight, when he moved to nearby Oldham, where he remained until he was twenty-one years old. He left school without qualifications and went straight into work, engaging in a string of jobs in factories and warehouses in and around Manchester, also briefly running a market stall selling second-hand clothes. He returned to education as a mature student and gained a degree in social sciences from Manchester Polytechnic. Thereafter, he moved to London in 1985, where he worked at the Mangrove Community Association〔Obituary: Frank Crichlow, founder of Mangrove Community Association http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/obituary-a-tribute-to-frank-crichlow-founder-of-mangrove-community-association〕 and became involved in the politics of the Notting Hill Carnival. Over the next decade, Jasper became a race and human rights activist, sitting on many different committees and groups such as the Inner London Education Authority, the Metropolitan Police, and the Royal Commonwealth Society. Jasper was a witness at the Stephen Lawrence inquiry in his capacity as representative for the 1990 Trust. He was also a campaign group member of the Lawrence Campaign and claims credit for the intervention of Nelson Mandela in support of the Lawrence Campaign. Jasper also provided training for the Metropolitan Police in community issues. This role ceased in 1995 following the Brixton riots as some police officers blamed Jasper for a hardline speech that inflamed the crowd.〔 Jasper was the Chief Political Commentator for ''The Voice'' newspaper during the 2010 election. In 2010, he was awarded a Life Time Achievement Award by the NUS Black Student Campaign in recognition of his contribution toward challenging racism in higher education. In July 2010, he was awarded a Pride of the Motherland Award (Africa) at The O2 Arena by the National Consortium of African Student Societies. Jasper is now a member of the Coalition of Resistance (COR) anti-cuts campaign.〔http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk Coalition of Resistance〕〔()〕 Along with Zita Holbourne, he currently co-Chairs Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts (BARAC).〔(Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts (BARAC) )〕 He is also the chairman of the newly formed London Race & Criminal Justice Consortium and a political adviser to the 1990 Trust〔(1990 Trust )〕 and a board member of Lambeth Police Consultative Group,〔http://www.lambethcpcg.org.uk Lambeth Police Consultative Group〕 but resigned as Chair of Brixton Splash amid some controversy.〔http://www.brixtonsplash.co.uk Brixton Splash〕 In July 2011, Jasper suggested there were similarities between the extremist Anders Behring Breivik and Mayor of London Boris Johnson. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Jasper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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