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Why are we so afraid of highlighting race, even when it matters?
Tony Tiger
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With today's report about Asian rape/sexual exploitation gangs in Rotheram, there surely can be no doubt left that we, as a society, have developed a massive problem with discussing the issue of race. People in the position to act on reports of these crimes were hesitant to do so fear for of causing offence, being labelled as "racist". This must certainly have contributed to a culture whereby those perpetrators could continue to commit their horrible crimes with impunity.
But I can't help but feel some small measure of sympathy with their position. It's something we see all the time in the media now, any mention of race (other than white, of course) is a potential fire-storm. You can't say anything as a public figure the least bit negative or critical without the professional complainers and pressure groups demanding your job at the very least, often even insisting on criminal charges being looked into!
I just can't understand how or why it has come to this. We're now at a position where we're allowing the mass abuse of children rather than run the risk of upsetting a small section of the populace. How did minorities come to wield such fearsome power, and do you think this will signal the beginning of a decline in such backwards logic, or are we doomed to just keep going further down this path where certain groups can just do what they like, knowing if they're caught out they can cry "racism!" and avoid any comeback whatsoever?
But I can't help but feel some small measure of sympathy with their position. It's something we see all the time in the media now, any mention of race (other than white, of course) is a potential fire-storm. You can't say anything as a public figure the least bit negative or critical without the professional complainers and pressure groups demanding your job at the very least, often even insisting on criminal charges being looked into!
I just can't understand how or why it has come to this. We're now at a position where we're allowing the mass abuse of children rather than run the risk of upsetting a small section of the populace. How did minorities come to wield such fearsome power, and do you think this will signal the beginning of a decline in such backwards logic, or are we doomed to just keep going further down this path where certain groups can just do what they like, knowing if they're caught out they can cry "racism!" and avoid any comeback whatsoever?
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I can only ask; what the hell is wrong with you, man?
eta: to wns_195 of course
So you seriously believe, that the children were just sitting in thir bedrooms listening to Justin Bieber when all of a suden some a gang of Pakistani Muslims turned up, barged in, grabbed them and took them to a secret location far away?
So this doesn't happen to children iff they are being looked after by people who have right-wing views, or een people who have racist views and hate Pakitani Muslims?
Also that case is less a race issue anyway, its got nothing to do with their race. If anything its linked to their religion, in much the same way as abuse in the Catholic Church is an issue of religion.
ETA: or should u say abuse of religion, something that's far from unique to Muslims, see Catholic Church as an example.
The fact that Labour's 1997 multiculturalism agenda was done in secret has only made the necessity to stifle debate even more pronounced, and it's well documented that shouting racism at any criticism of it was one of the tricks they used to shut down the debate.
Cultural relativism also plays a part.
(Not sure how much I believe the "we were scared we'd be accused of racism" excuse anyway, mind you. It's not like we're good at prosecuting white people accused of raping children either, historically.)
I know what I am and what I'm not and if people on here want to "judge" me (someone none of you have met), then fill your boots. I need to justify myself to nobody.
As it happens I'm not racist, but the biggest accusers of racism are those who feel the need to justify their own position on such matters.
I remember that thread. Posters were more interested in pulling apart his motives for using the word "asian" than in discussing the fact that thousands of kids were getting abused and the authorities were turning a blind eye in the name of "community relations".
It was almost a textbook example highlighting why authorities were afraid to act.
Can you explain why this abuse was not dealt with then? Giving a proper concise answer.
Bliddy sickening aint it......:(
(But if you think the media's too lefty and PC we're probably too far apart on this issue to come to an agreement anyway!)
I find it sad that there are some people so wrapped up in their own political identities and ideologies that they wilfully forget that there are real people suffering behind these stories and statistics.
I really liked The Puzzler
Lol. Completely different. And you know it.
I am certain that most Pakistani people would be sickened nothing was done about this abuse. And they wouldn't find it racist if men in their community were arrested. It's the white lefty liberals which don't do anything.
It's not quite the same but it's like when some schools tell children not to make Christmas cards in case it offends Muslims etc. I have never met a muslim that is offended by a Christmas card. It's the mostly white lefty liberals which make these rules and end up creating resentment and racism as the less intelligent people in our society think muslims actually asked for no Christmas cards in schools.