x.com/janeclarejones… Dear Jane, I doubt you will only say this once, but it’s very clear what you ARE saying. You rightly point out that there is an awful lot of sexual violence and assault, including of children, which is not dealt with adequately through the criminal justice system. You then go on to make some sweeping statements. I will quote you for ease: "… It is untrue that the reason is because people are scared of being called racist". I have been campaigning against all forms of male violence towards women and girls for more than 40 years, and investigating it as a journalist for 25. I can’t tell you how many times I have encountered grotesque cowardice from white liberals/Leftists when the perpetrators/alleged perpetrators are black or brown men, and I have to say, the cowardice is firmly on the Left. Racism (because cultural relativism IS racism) is also to be found on the Right, and it deeply disturbs me. For example, exaggerating the significance of race and ethnicity, suggesting child sexual abuse was imported by Pakistani Muslims, and ignoring abject and historical failures to investigate white perpetrators. The police are not scared of being called racist, contrary to popular belief, but they ARE scared of having to deal with what they would refer to as "race riots", and any fallout that targeting particular sections of hardline Islamist populations provokes. This is because these men are scary, and the police don’t give a damn, in the main, about the victims. Ironically, the hard Left is also shit-scared of the inevitable fallout for themselves if they accept the fact that there is a significant problem in some parts of the UK where there is, for a number of reasons, a 'hands-off' approach, by social workers, care home staff, teachers, and sexual health workers (most of whom are NOT Right wing, and more likely to be liberal Leftists) with Pakistani Muslim men abusing girls in organised, clan-based gangs. The notion that the Left is an anti-racist political project is laughable. Leftists capitulate so hard to these extremists ("because Imperialism, my enemy's enemy", yada, yada) that the default position has been to ignore the evidence and defend the indefensible. These Leftists have handed the racist Right the opportunity to overplay ethnicity on a massive, silver plate. The racist Right has grabbed the opportunity to racialise all forms of sexual violence towards females, in part because the Left refused to deal with it honestly, and with courage. You accused one of the grooming gang survivors of being a racist, I recall. Don't be surprised if these women get support and understanding from anywhere than what has become an immoral, deeply hypocritical cult.
