Monday, December 12, 2005
EXACTLY WRONG
CNN’s headline:
Anti-Arab rioters smash cars, windows in Sydney
Of course, the car smashers are—to use the expression du jour—“men of Middle Eastern appearance”.
(Via Cornelius. Several readers also point out Tim Priest’s excellent piece in today’s Australian.)
UPDATE. An ABC TV reporter, in a piece on last night’s attacks aired a few minutes ago, said: “Inexplicably, caucasians were not the only targets.” As though it’s understandable to attack whitey.
UPDATE II. The SMH’s Andrew West:
Australia does not have a race relations problem. We have a clash of cultures and that’s a big difference—and maybe the problem is certain forms of Islam.
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