The Conservative Home Secretary, Suella (Cruella) Braverman,
knows how to grab the headlines. This daughter of Asian immigrants to Britain,
is the scourge of refugees and asylum seekers, some of whom, she wants to send
on a one way trip to Rwanda. She's now come under fire for accusing Pakistani
men of being predominantly involved in grooming gangs for the sexual
exploitation of white children.
To be sure, there have certainly been men of Pakistani origin,
who have been convicted of grooming and sexual abuse in Rochdale, Oxford,
Rotherham, and elsewhere. Braverman, is also right to point out that there is
some evidence that the authorities may have been reluctant to investigate
further and to take victims complaints seriously, because of a fear of being
branded racists or out of fear of alienating Asian voters. Yet others, such as
Baroness Casey, have accused the police of being institutionally racist and complain
of the disproportionate use of stop and search against black people.
But is it mainly Pakistani men who groom children for sexual
abuse? Certainly not! It's known that most people on the sex offenders register
in Britain are white and mainly men. It's been reported this week that some 21
white Briton's, both men and women, were involved in a grooming gang in
Birmingham and Wolverhampton that was sexually abusing children of twelve years
of age or under. This is certainly not an isolated or unique case.
In the next few weeks the political parties will be vying for
the votes of the electorate, and Suella Braverman, is out to get the vote. As
Home Secretary she's right to speak out about grooming gangs and child sex
abuse, but she should get her facts right and stop trying to pull the wool over
the eyes of the British public. Grooming gangs and child sex abusers, might
well be a stain on this country, but child sex abusers don't all come from
Pakistan.
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