
My previous article about the media coverage triggered by the YouTube video of Emma West elicited responses from Asian media professionals—individuals with a platform, degrees, successful careers, and in one case a scholarship, who painted a picture of Britain as in the grip of endemic, pervasive, ubiquitous, multifarious racism. I was in turn sent links to a obnoxious blogs adding to the media commentary. In all cases, the same stale ideological clichés concerning immigration, diversity, and multiculturalism were reheated, invariably with self-righteousness, sometimes with meanspirited snobbery and glee at West's persecution. I felt it necessary to deal with these boring, old, self-serving mantras of the Left, and provide an alternative perspective on the socio-historical background of West's expressed frustrations. You can read the article here.
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