article_snippet: Farage says employers should be able to 'discriminate' over who employers employ based on nationality, saying race hate is no longer an issue .
article_snippet: Would there be a law against discrimination on the grounds of race or colour?'
article_snippet: In a Channel 4 documentary, Farage claimed concern over preventing racial discrimination in employment 'would probably have been valid' 40 years ago and Farage would get rid of 'much of' existing legislation.
article_snippet: Setting out the case for scrapping race laws, Farage said: 'I think the situation that we now have, where an employer is not allowed to choose between a British-born person and somebody from Poland, is a ludicrous state of affairs. '
article_snippet: I would argue that the law does need changing, and that if an employer wishes to choose, or you can use the word 'discriminate' if you want to, but wishes to choose to employ a British-born person, an employer should be allowed to do so. '
article_snippet: I think you should be able to choose on the basis of nationality, yes. 
article_snippet: a British-born person added: 'If we'd sat here 40 years ago, having this conversation, your point [on the need for anti-discrimination laws] would probably have been valid.
article_snippet: The laws protect people from racial discrimination.
highlights_snippet: Said employers should be able to chose employees based on nationality .
  