by
Les May
TWO days ago The Guardian
columnist Yomi Adegoke wrote:
‘The
silence surrounding the Duchess of Sussex’s treatment by the press
has become a roar. This treatment can be described as only one thing:
racist. Not saying so explicitly is part of a growing trend – the
word “racist” is now dodged with more fervour than racial slurs
themselves.’
You
can find the full article at:
Now
this was published in a newspaper which did not even bother to
mention that a Rochdale man who felt he had been
‘disrespected’ in his ‘country’ by workmen,
first called them ‘white bastards’ then got together a
gang of about twenty, who first tracked the men to where they were
working, then attacked them resulting in one of them having his hand
chopped off with an axe. But it raises the question about whether
the Rochdale Observer and all the people who are remaining
studiously silent, so dodging having to mention the words ‘racist’
and ‘hate crime’, are themselves behaving in a racist
manner. Or do four workmen count for less than a Duchess?
When
someone who might reasonably be seen as something of a ‘community
leader’ was approached with a view to obtaining some background
information on the gang, the response was in effect ‘are you
blaming all Pakistanis?’ To which the answer is ‘No! But
it might be nice if you were to give some sort of lead in condemning
this sort of behaviour.’ And
while he’s about it he might like to use his influence to get this
attack debated and condemned at the next full meeting of Rochdale
Council.
I’m
not going to ‘call out’
the individual involved as I have no wish to pillory him for what is
in my opinion an error of judgement, but he might like to reflect on
the fact that at the next election he will be soliciting the votes
from everyone in his ward irrespective of the colour of their skin
and religious affiliation. Now
might be a good time to show he serves them all.
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