Those who tried to cover up the racial aspect of these crimes did so because they feared giving “oxygen” to racists. But what kind of perversion is that? You counter racism by covering up racism?For those who endured the abuse, the racial origin of their attacker will seem irrelevant.
While I agree with his condemnation of the reverse racism in this situation, I disagree most vehemently with his conclusion that the race of the perpetrators is -- or by the laws of PC, should be -- irrelevant to the victims.
I haven't read the full report, but it seems only logical that many of these victims would have become pregnant. The reporter seems to take for granted that they could simply have an abortion and that would be the end of it. What of the victims who chose not to kill their babies?
It is just cruel to suggest that because a nation wants to eliminate institutional racism such as access to jobs or housing, that a young girl whose virginity and innocence are taken should suffer no more from having a rapists' child whose father is of a wholly different religion and culture, and that the child's appearance would not mark her life forever, requiring deep adjustments in her family of origin and prospects for a future family.
It's no more racist for a white person to be free to prefer another white person in the sexual arena than it is for a person of color to prefer someone of similar background in that area of their life. It's racist to suggest otherwise.
For those who endured the abuse, the racial origin of their attacker will seem irrelevant.
Here you disagree. But I think you're missing that in the very next sentence he disagrees himself.
But as we’ve seen, it wasn’t irrelevant because it was their racial origin that contributed to the abuse continuing unchecked for so long. That’s why we must never again allow a situation to develop where racism is allowed to flourish simply because it challenges our conventional belief of what racism is.
The children of Rotherham were abused racially, as well as sexually, physically and psychologically. We don’t just have a right to say that, we have an obligation.
This conclusion is highly un-PC and I was quite surprised to see it in The Telegraph.