shafique wrote:What is refreshing, is that the Islamophobes have (as yet) not found a way to link this to their views on Mooslims.
But seriously, this is more a function of social status and employment etc (note the reference to 'white chavs' in the previous post) than to race. However, it can't be denied that the West Indian Brit community has a disproportionate share of low income/low education youth - but as the continuing rioting in various parts of England shows, it is not an issue only affecting non-White British youths.
Indeed, I'd be surprised if there are many/any first-generation immigrants amongst the rioters. It would be interesting to examine the immigrant status of those arrested so far. Seems to me like a home-grown problem.
Cheers,
Shafique
No shaf, muslims generally target human life, not property and looting.
So you are correct that religion has little to do with this.
Race however plays a part. That fact that I find myself referring to race, when everyone involved is meant to be British speaks for itself.
Of course there are white feral underclass involved, but as you said, "the West Indian Brit community has a disproportionate share of low income/low education youth", ie feral underclass. Actually, I saw many African youths involved. Maybe around the west midlands, there were more Pakis involved.
The thing that ALL these youths share is a feeling of alienation, but that is about as nice as I am going to describe them.
The problem is that "they all know their rights, but not their responsibilities" (quote from somewhere)
Unfortunately the police have been reduced to a neighbourhood watch force and cannot touch them for fear of being labelled racist, which apart from the economic reasons (which obviously cannot be as easily fixed with the swat of a police baton), is the main reason why these riots were allowed to happen.