I’ve been mugged three times in London. Now, looking at it objectively, spread over 20 years of living in one of the world’s most crowded cities, that’s not a bad tally. The trouble is this: every time, the perpetrators were young, male and black. On the third and most serious occasion, I was clubbed on the head with a metal bar, dragged into an alley, and held with a knife to my neck by one guy while his accomplice raided £500 from my bank account.
What do I “do” with that? The progressive thing to do is, if not write it off as a statistical blip, at least place it in the context of wider sociological factors. But one’s intellectual and visceral responses are two different things, and as a committed anti-racist I was shocked to find myself flinching every time a young black male (particularly if dressed in a particular fashion) passed me in the street. Maybe I shouldn’t have thrown that victim counselling leaflet in the bin.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/love-music-hate-racism-carnival-victoria-park-london-820662.html
If I get a really dark tan this summer, would I be allowed to punch him? I really, really want to.
Who knew that victim counseling meant telling the victim not to notice a repeat pattern of behavior.
Please go to Africa. They need liberal idiots like you. Please take a lot of cash. Sell everything. There are a many millions who rather mug, rape and murder than work. On your return we may see who needs counceling.