From: "Eddie D'Sa" <[log in to unmask]>
> On 13 October 04, the British charity Victim Support reported that
race-hate
> crimes had gone up by 10 times in 10 years and there were more Muslim
> victims. In the last 12 months they had dealt with over 33,000 cases.
> Offences include racist letters & leaflets sent by post, insults in the
> street, arson attacks in the home and personal assaults. A spokeman said:
> "The rise is startling. No other crime that we deal with has risen as fast
> as race-motivated crime."
>
> Yet no senior government official nor church cleric bothered to comment.
> Racism is taken for granted in Britain and perhaps used as a tool for
social
> control. It is often the media or politicians who tend to stir up race
> bigotry, resentment and hate. No provocation is needed for racial
aggression
> to ignite - the mere presence of a non-white will do. Ethnic children have
> to put with much racist bullying which many endure in silence but it must
> affect their development and self-esteem.
>
> Below is a small sample of race incidents that were reported in Feb 2004.
> (Those for Jan 04 were posted a few weeks ago.)
> For details see website cited at the end.
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>
> **24th Feb 04
> Two white thugs enter Essex mosque, abuse those present & in the fight
that
> ensued an Asian man, 45, was taken to hospital and treated for a two-inch
> cut above his right eye.
>
> **20 Feb
> Asian, 16, is blinded for life by racists in Luton. John Ridley, 22, of no
> fixed address called his victim "Paki" before attacking him. Ridley had
> previous convictions for violent offences and had been jailed before.
> His victim was blinded in one eye, has nightmares and post-traumatic
stress
> disorder and is unable to go out.
>
> **19 Feb
> Prosper Tsikata, a Ghanaian postgraduate student aged 31 at the University
> of Hull was involved in a racist attack that has left him in crutches and
> the future of his studies hangs in the balance.
> While on his bicycle to lectures, the white attacker shouted " a black
thing
> on a black bicycle". He then ran after him and stamped his knee. Prosper
> fell off the bike, but managed to limp to lectures. However, after
lectures
> he could not move and the University sent him to the hospital. To add to
his
> troubles the hospital gave him a wrong injection that prevented him from
> urinating for a whole day.
> Prosper said passers-by left him lying in agony in the road, his knee
> shattered. He says one woman even shouted at him to get out of the way as
> she would be late for work. From his hospital bed, he said: "I was
shocked.
> In Africa, people are ready to help and it wouldn't matter if they were
> black or white."
>
> **19 Feb
> Iranian assaulted by racist thugs in Runcorn, Cheshire as he was walking.
> He was approached by three white men. He tried to walk away, but the men
> grabbed hold of him, shouted racist abuse and attacked him, injuring him
in
> the knee and face.
>
> **17 Feb
> A woman who conducted a race hate campaign against her neighbour has been
> jailed for 12 months. Lita Robinson, 37, of Blythe Bridge, was sentenced
> for racial harassment at Stafford Crown Court yesterday. She is currently
> employed as a school caretaker.
> Robinson viciously taunted her neighbour, Charline Wickenden
> (Afro-Caribbean), for over a year. She mouthed "you're dead" at her
while
> Charlene drove her young son to nursery school, drew a swastika on a
garage
> door outside her home and regularly tried to drive her off the road.
>
> **Feb 17 2004
> Asian, 22, was stabbed in racist attack in Borough, London.
> The victim with three friends became involved in an altercation with group
> of 11 white men. The argument spilled into violence and the man was
stabbed
> in the chest and buttocks in the street. His friends were also punched and
> kicked during the attack
>
> **04 Feb
> A new report confirms that football is riddled with racism
> Black and Asian people face intimidation and threats at grounds. The
report
> echoes the Macpherson verdict on the Met police (after Stephen Lawrence's
> murder) and finds the game "institutionally racist".
> The academics and sports experts behind the report urge anti-racism
training
> for managers, coaches and executives.
>
> **03 Feb
> White boy, 15, shouts racist abuse at the staff of an Indian takeaway in
> Carlisle.
> He was later found to have a chain bound with tape inside his jacket. He
was
> found guilty of racially aggravated harassment after a two-hour youth
court
> trial.
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> For details see www.goacom.com/overseas-digest/soc.html
>
> Main source: Institute of Race Relations, London.
>
>
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