Excellent article on racism and double standards

[afleitch]

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/sunny_hundal/2006/11/learning_from_kriss_donalds_mu.html

Not often I quote this 'blog' but Sunny Hundal always makes me sit up and listen.

Snippet below.

'Racism is not supposed to be a problem within minority communities because they are meant to be the victims in a global power-structure where the odds are stacked against them. Or that they cannot be racist because they themselves have been on the receiving end of prejudice.

But this dynamic ignores the fact that most people behave pretty similarly regardless of whether they are of the minority or majority ethnic group.'

[afleitch]

Everybody should have at least the potential or promise to become part of the majority, and not be viewed any differently than anybody else.

Unfortunately the 'majority' are not always welcome or indeed can be openly hostile to attempts by minorities to become like or mesh with the majority. It is a two way process with efforts from every side that is needed.