Rotherham: Unbelievable, But True

After the murder of Theo van Gogh, many leftists were more worried about a backlash against Muslims than the fact that one of their own had been murdered by a Muslim. Now we are seeing something similar from the NY Times about Rotherham. Recall that the abuse in Rotherham occurred because people who knew about it said nothing because they were worried about being called racist. This column by Katrin Bennhold worries that we will now be so focused on Asian perpetrators that other perpetrators will be ignored. In fact, Ms. Bennhold can never quite bring herself to say that what I just said, that people were worried about being called racist if they were to step forward. Incredible. Instead, she is focused on how there will now be a hurtful Asian-on-white stereotype of sexual abuse.

Look, Ms. Bennhold, the obvious lesson of Rotherham is that we need to scale back on the cries of “racism” whenever someone criticizes Muslims. This is going to take a long time. It is just going to take a long time to reverse the Islamophilia that you and so many other cultural elites instituted that caused these people to fear being called racist. The last thing we need to worry about at this point is stereotypes of Muslims and how harmful they might be. Let’s just try to stop the damage that you and the other liberal and leftist enablers set in motion, ok?

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[J. Reed Anderson]

We need to scale back on cries of "Racism!" whenever any of The Other is criticized, John.