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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-23183102 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-23183102 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392217/Muslim-outr

by jrmarc 9y ago

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-23183102 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-23183102 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392217/Muslim-outrage-professor-Steve-Jones-warns-inbreeding-risks.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392217/Muslim-outra... It's noteworthy that it's simultaneously socially unacceptable to criticize Pakistanis for their preference for first cousin marriages, despite the undeniable harm caused by it, and yet it's also socially unacceptable for whites to have the much less incestuous preference for just marrying other whites, despite the absence of harm: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/04/okcupid_and_race_is_it_racist_to_date_only_people_of_your_own_race.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/201...

foldr 9y ago
The first article you link to is a BBC news article that says exactly what you claim it is socially unacceptable to say. In the second article, the only people getting outraged are those who've been referred to as "inbred". You can hardly expect them to take kindly to that description.
- jrmarc 9y ago
  https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/591577/British-Pakistanis-13-times-more-disabled-children https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/591577/British-Pakistanis-... > Baroness Flather said because of 'inbreeding', members of the ethnic group are 13 TIMES more likely than the rest of the UK population to have disabled children. > The Pakistan-born peer has called on the Government to take steps against the issue of unions between close relatives in Muslim communities, which she called an "outdated, un-British custom". ... > She also accused Britain of a "cowardly reluctance to tackle damaging social practices within certain ethnic minorities". > In what has been described as a brave attempt to break a taboo she said there was a fear of "accusations of racial prejudice" which has made the issue "unsayable". > She added: "That is certainly what happened over the disgraceful sex-grooming scandal in Rotherham, in which the civic authorities, including the police and social services, tried to cover up the systematic abuse of more than 1,400 vulnerable girls by predatory gangs of Pakistani heritage men."

by jrmarc 9y ago

foldr 9y ago

The first article you link to is a BBC news article that says exactly what you claim it is socially unacceptable to say. In the second article, the only people getting outraged are those who've been referred to as "inbred". You can hardly expect them to take kindly to that description.

jrmarc 9y ago
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/591577/British-Pakistanis-13-times-more-disabled-children https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/591577/British-Pakistanis-... > Baroness Flather said because of 'inbreeding', members of the ethnic group are 13 TIMES more likely than the rest of the UK population to have disabled children. > The Pakistan-born peer has called on the Government to take steps against the issue of unions between close relatives in Muslim communities, which she called an "outdated, un-British custom". ... > She also accused Britain of a "cowardly reluctance to tackle damaging social practices within certain ethnic minorities". > In what has been described as a brave attempt to break a taboo she said there was a fear of "accusations of racial prejudice" which has made the issue "unsayable". > She added: "That is certainly what happened over the disgraceful sex-grooming scandal in Rotherham, in which the civic authorities, including the police and social services, tried to cover up the systematic abuse of more than 1,400 vulnerable girls by predatory gangs of Pakistani heritage men."