Even though I don't live in the UK any more I keep up with the news over there. No disrespect to the Irish Newspapers and News Agencies but there's no-one quite like the BBC. Anyway. This isn't the BBC.
This story from The Independent bothers me:
It doesn't bother me for the reasons you might think, though. I'm not for a second condoning her reaction to his stepping on her foot. Neither am I attempting any defense of his response. What bothered me the first time I read the article and continues to do so is the first 13 words:
"Nothing is particularly shocking about a racial altercation taking place on the Tube"
If it isn't shocking, it should be. It should outrage and horrify people. It should incense them and inflame them. The fact that the author of this piece considers that it isn't shocking is one of the most profoundly depressing pieces of journalism I've read in an awful long time. People of London - is this true? Is a racial altercation on the tube really so commonplace?
And it's not only come from the author. This has been passed by an editorial team on a respected newspaper. Maybe I'm more naïve than I thought.
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