What's the excuse

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Had they been black, some people would reason that their gangsta culture makes them behave 'like savages'.

Had they been Muslim, the usual suspects would blame it on their hatred of all things Western.

So how should we approach the thorny subject of young white men behaving as they did last night in East London:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8221 626.stm

Is race only relevant when those behaving badly are not white?