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Again, I’m all up for that. For methodical collection of information and drawing conclusions without bias for either racist or politically correct viewpoints.
by rich_sasha 5y ago
Again, I’m all up for that. For methodical collection of information and drawing conclusions without bias for either racist or politically correct viewpoints.
But this style of writing, about an individual event, echoed in every media source I can find, is imho irresponsible. Sure, if there’s a rise in crime and terrorism from Somali-heritage Brits, write about it. But not on individual cases.
If nothing else, this guy is innocent until proven guilty. What if he’s totally clinically insane? A bunch of people will conclude from such coverage (their error but still) that Somalis are evil British-hating monsters. Not only is this guy not representative of an otherwise diverse group of people, his motives and actions might be nothing to do with his Somali-ness.
Maybe he’s the only Black member of the local fox hunt, or did this as part of a New Age pagan cult? I doubt it, but to imply the ethnic connection before anything concrete is known is wrong.