Well that's really helpful Tony

[DanaC]

In the Uk we have a serious problem with racism. Very serious. And what's really helpful, is when the Prime Minister decides to speak out and attribute knife and gun crime amongst our youngsters, to Black culture and the black community.

What about the kid in my ward who died last month when her sister stabbed her? she wasn't black. What about the lad who died in my ward a few months ago, stabbed by a friend in an argument.....he wasn't black. Neither of the perpetrators were black...neither of the victims were. We have a problem in the UK with children who seem to live on the wrong side of a social disconnect. It is affecting white children and black children. It primarily affects the poorer communities. Now.....where I live, we have very few black people, so the pooer communuties are white or asian. In inner-city London the poorer communuties are often black. Tony has put his London only blinkers on and come to the conclusion that a social problem affecting poor communities is in fact a cultural problem affecting black people.

Great. Dead helpful that Tony, whilst we're trying to combat extreme racism in the UK. *applauds*






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