Minority groups are demonised as a matter of routine and tradition – at what point does our feigning ignorance of this process turn into complicity with it?When Jo Cox was murdered,her killer shouted “Britain First” – the name of the political party formed by former BNP members, which has over 1.5m likes on Facebook. The Daily Mail buried the news of his conviction for murdering a sitting MP on page 30, or nearly as whether the Mail thought it was somehow unimportant.
On Monday,a reported stabbing in Forest Hill tube station in London is said to have been preceded by anti-Muslim shouts. Our inability and unwillingness to acknowledge the role of our own culture in creating dangerous environments for minorities is insidious.
The drip, drip, or drip in the background solidifies the message simply as what “everybody knows,particularly in the absence of a countervailing narrative Related: Why didn't the Daily Mail do the jailing of Jo Cox's murderer on its front page? | Jane Martinson Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com