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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
It seems that everyone is scared of calling anyone but white people racist if this had been a gang of 11 white men doing this to only asian girls racism would be assumed not asked if it was a part of it. Thats the trouble in the UK and a root cause of a lot of bad feeling racism is not evenly applied even when it should be. Sorry but the most hateful racist rubbish i ever heard didn't come out of the mouth of a white person and whilst i have known many racist white people i have also known as many non white racists. We need to be more mature about this issue in the UK and not be scared of it or allow it to be a one race aspect. Racism is present in every community and is practised by every community and we should start debating it with that in mind instead of allowing it to be presumed it is a white to all other races problem.
This case was as much about race as lust and greed and the case and punishment should have reflected that to send the message loud and clear that any form of racism from any group to another is not tolerated in the UK.
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Only 75% of people charged with a hate crime are white. It seems a high amount but when you consider that white people make up something like 90% of the population then that means they are under represented. It's a myth that minorities don't get punished for racism or hate crimes, it's just an attempt for people to apply victim status to themselves.
The truth is when a member of a ethnic minority is convicted of a hate crime be for
racism,
homophobia or otherwise then it gets mostly ignored. When a white person does then there is a raft of comments complaining about non-existent double standards.