Housekeeping 2 – What a charmer
You'll remember the story about the man 'of Somali origin' who was arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences, labelled as a terrorist by the media... and then released without charge, to a great deal less attention than he received when it was thought he might be 'one of them'.
I looked at the Liverpool Echo, as they had done some good coverage of the story (the man had originally flown from John Lennon Airport). I know I shouldn't have looked in the comments, but I went and did, didn't I? And then I saw this charmer:
Umm... except he wasn't plotting to blow up a plane full of innocent people - he was released without charge. And why is it racist to mention that he was 'of Somali origin'? Because you just know that a pink person wouldn't get the same nudge-nudge-wink-wink treatment from the authorities if he'd been arrested under similar circumstances. "Yet again a black screams racism..." - yes, I can't imagine why, can you?
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September 27th, 2010 - 10:54
A man from Newry was arrested on terrorism related charges, the news said this morning. Why did they not mention his ethnicity…?
September 27th, 2010 - 11:04
It’s racist to mention someone’s skin colour or nationality if it’s not needed for the story, if no description of the person is needed, and if one wouldn’t mention either if it was a white Brit.
September 27th, 2010 - 11:05
Make yourself a big onion & garlic soup, btw!
September 27th, 2010 - 12:51
Mm. jaimewillow85 appears to be one of those people who maintains that “there is no racism any more”.
Except that racism you just did, just then.
Besides. In jaimewillow85′s morally relative world it appears to be OK to be racist about someone if they commit a crime.
September 28th, 2010 - 12:48
He might as well have written, “I’m not a racist, as racism is a crime, and crime is for black people,” at the end, just in case we weren’t sure.