Apropos of a article I've read in today's Guardian, which stated that many news paper articles about the Muslim community tend to be negative and the most positive ones would be in The Observer and The Guardian themselves.
With that in mind, I remember when The Times broke the story about the grooming gangs and the editor at the time said he was reluctant at first to do the in depth series on the subject because he thought it was a hot potato, the hot potato that neither the police or social services wanted to deal with seemingly because of cultural sensibilities. I remember reading about some of the horror stories and wonder how desperate a parent must be, as one set who in their quest to get professional help when none was forthcoming turned to the National Front. My thoughts were how horrific on two fronts, not to be listened to by the police intent on suppressing the truth, instead putting the onus on the children themselves for the situation they found themselves in and then to have to turn to a nasty bunch of fascist thugs because they were in fear of their lives.
Off course these groomers were and are, minorities within the Muslim community and it's unfortunate for the wider Muslim population that the wrongdoings of a small minorities are used to tarnish all. However, maybe The Guardian and The Observer wouldn't have broken that story in the way The Times did. Ignoring the elephant in the room isn't good for society per se and I'm sure it leaves a void for the Tommy Robinsons to step into. Wrong doings have to be dealt with otherwise the perception is that certain demographics are untouchable, and the decent and overall majority from those communities get tarnished by misconceptions that they will escape justice because of accusations of racism. By the way I think racism can work two ways the girls in the grooming cases were often referred to as white trash.
