A few of my ideas

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Hi people, I wrote this rant on my computer a week or so ago when bored. It was typed in just an hour or so, and is potentially controversial. Please read it and tell me if you think it is fair/ unfair and why.

(It's not yet finished, it is merely a draught of a few ideas of mine, and I am not trying to cause trouble or stir up anger)

[i]That’s racist!
Pulling the race card appears to be an epidemic within society. There seems to be tendency to see any criticism of the behaviour of some ethnic minorities as being racist. For example, I suspect that the Police handling of the child abuse and rape (referring to it as ‘Grooming’ is trivialising it greatly) was hampered by well-meant but misguided fears that someone would shout RACIST at the Police. Also, I agree with some commentators who have argued that the men involved within the abuse cases should be referred to as ‘Pakistani’ as opposed to ‘Asian’, as ‘Asian’ involves a lot of distinct nationalities, and ethnic backgrounds not to mention the fact that in most cases, all of the men were Pakistani, and it’s an insult to the vast majority of decent Asian communities who do not have an endemic problem with child abuse. I can’t help but wonder if the Police’s incompetence and kid-glove approach to handling the abuse was at least partly caused by them having to walk on eggshells about the fact that the majority of the depraved individuals involved within the abuse were Pakistani men, and that most of the victims of these abusive men were white girls. Although it should be stressed that some black and Asian girls were also the victims of these disgusting attacks too, therefore I am opposed to racist organisations attempting to capitalise on the sex crimes to further their agendas. I wouldn’t doubt that many of the cowardly men were immediately throwing the race card in, as a means of trying to excuse their appalling crimes with the inevitable red herring of ‘racism’.

I am not trying to trivialise police racism here, nor am I trying to advocate prejudice or racial profiling, but clearly something is badly wrong within some sections of the Pakistani community, and there has been a level of unwillingness by many people to acknowledge this. Even the liberal Guardian, has acknowledged that there is something wrong, that can’t be just dismissed as ‘a few bad guys’. I hope that there will be an end to the culture of denial among much of the press, and mainstream politicians (because, unfortunately the BNP and other extremist organisations can and have used this as an opportunity to peddle their racist, intolerant politics)

Extending the concept of racism from skin colour to the more diffuse category "of ethnic group" has more or less destroyed the entire concept.

So no, I don't think you are being unfair. Expect to be labelled a racist - or even better, a *nazi* - if you make your claim in public, though.

It's a very dangerous path we've gone down with this view that criticising the behavior of another race is automatically racism. I hate it, and it's even worse now.

Bad behavior must be confronted, regardless of what race it is.

I should stress that I was bored and in a ranting mood that afternoon- I expect if I showed it to a mainstream public audience, then I would be dismissed as a racist Nazi (I am far from being one)

From a pragmatic perspective, I find it somewhat funny that race which is a concept with no basis in biology, has become a way to defend behavior which from an objective perspective is reprehensible.