Only whites are ever accused of racism

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Will this story finally put to rest the assertion that the 'authorities' are only ever interested in pursuing race hate crimes when the perpetrator is white and the victim is non-white?

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Blackburn-Rovers-quiz-El-Hadji-Diouf-over-racist-abuse-article166773.html

The Sun reports that the ball boy in question is white.

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Lucy/AOG

By the way, I should point out that yes, I frequently post rebuffs at what I see as the growing tide of anti-black/Muslim/Sikh posts on AB.

But surely you wouldn't want it any other way?

I mean, the whole point about debate is that if you post something provocative regarding race or religion, you should be able to 'brook the riposte'.

And here's the thing...this thread isn't anti-White. So could you please identify for me, the inherent hypocracy?

Not sure I'm clever enough to see it myself.

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Interesting take on the mattter in the Times:

http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/2009/09/el-hadji-diouf-not-guilty-of-racism-in-ballboy-row.html

"Racist abuse is based on a history of power relations between people. There is a difference between a white person calling a black person "black ****" and a black person calling a white person "white ****"."

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Lucy,

Of course people take offence at racist epitaphs!

The ball boy for one.

Good grief!