Rotherham, England. Yahoo/AP.
Over the past 16 years 1400 children were molested and trafficked in Rotherham, England. -Yahoo/AP. Only a few convictions happened as the reports were largely dismissed due to concerns that doing anything about the problem would lead to calls or racism. The children were raped, abused and, in some cases, trafficked. The vast majority of the perpetrators were Pakistani while the majority of victims were white girls with a few Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Roma as well. Rotherham isn't the only city that has had these kinds of problems with Pakistani immigrants but this is the largest case by far. The revelation boosts support for far right anti-immigration politicians.
My Comment:
This is why political correctness is wrong. Somebody said once that political correctness is a war on noticing and that is what happened here. People knew what was going on and that an investigation was required but they didn't do their jobs because they were too afraid to speak out. They knew that if they accused the Pakistani community of having a problem they would face cries of racism. And cries of racism has ended many careers. So instead of making the hard, but right choice, more then a thousand girls got raped. Allegedly.
As far as I am concerned it's not racist to point out a problem. Saying that "the Pakistani community in the UK has a problem with child molestation" is not racist if it is factually true. Saying that "because the Pakistani community has a problem with child molestation, all Muslims are pedophiles and should be killed" is racist. See the difference? Unfortunately the difference is no longer recognized in any significant way. Any criticism of any group, no matter how valid, is considered a racist, sexist or homophobic attack. Even criticizing political parties can get you labeled a bigot. That is not how we improve as a society.
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