Professor Ted Cantle, who reviewed the causes of the Bradford, Burnley and Oldham riots seven years ago, was talking at a Prince's Trust seminar where young men from Dewsbury were presenting a football project aimed at reducing territorialism among young people.
Cantle said: "Even before the Shannon Matthews case, Dewsbury was an area with little cohesion between communities. But increasingly, young people growing up in Dewsbury - and areas with similar problems - are taking the lead and showing us they are more excited by change than afraid of it. We must not allow the positive ideas of young people to be undone by the entrenched views of older community leaders who too often thrive on a diet of intolerance, prejudice and separation."
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