Under the rainbow

A black child misbehaved. The white lifeguards refused to act

Huge relief has followed the arrest of a suspect for the bombing of London minorities. This is not just because it feels safer again but also because no more complex explanation is demanded than the craziness of one individual. As a result, understanding has been left to the ‘rainbow alliances’ tendency. Vigils led by Outrage tell us Britain’s ‘minorities’ will continue to assert their rights and that the new heterogeneous, rainbow Britain will not be dented by ‘racist scum’.

Full article: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/may/11/uksecurity.roscoward