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It’s not racist to criticise the violence of Notting Hill Carnival
Telegraph via Yahoo ^ | August 30, 2023 | Benjamin Obese-Jecty

Posted on 08/30/2023 2:02:12 PM PDT by grundle

When eight people are stabbed in one location you might expect it to be headline news with rolling updates and a reporter dispatched to spend the day as the spectre at the feast, giving timely updates stood against the chilling backdrop of a police cordon. Not after Notting Hill Carnival. The fear of being denounced as a racist has made TV news demur; discussing it is a political hospital pass.

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1 posted on 08/30/2023 2:02:12 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

fact are not racist.


2 posted on 08/30/2023 2:03:23 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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Depends on how facts are interpreted


3 posted on 08/30/2023 2:06:43 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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My wife’s a Brit who grew up in the East End of London. She’s absolutely lovely but as fearless and tough as they come when the chips are down. She described this fair to me thusly: If you’re White and you go to that carnival, you’re either looking for trouble, completely nuts or utterly naïve.


4 posted on 08/30/2023 2:27:00 PM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: grundle

The usual suspects


5 posted on 08/30/2023 4:40:21 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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