So what you "believe" is fact now?
No, hence saying 'I believe', you muppet.
I'd say your biased viewpoint is bringing out your own prejudices, because a huge majority of those involved were people of colour (am I okay to say that?). Just as the riots 30 years ago were committed by people of colour. Just as the Broadwater Farm riots were committed by people of colour. There is so much black on black gun crime the Met have set up a specialised group to deal with it in Trident.
The great irony is if you dare to mention these facts the usual mealy mouthed PC buzzwords are thrown about to silence the realists. I couldn't care less what buzzwords you throw at me because they are meaningless due to their over use. And if living in the dark ages means not having to tolerate rioting hordes, record levels of gun crime and being so right on I can't even see my own prejudice, then print the t-shirt & I'll wear it.
I don't have a biased viewpoint.
Right. Where to begin.
The riots involved people of all different ethnicities. There were a high proportion of black people, yes. This is because the people in these areas who are of low economic status have a high proportion of black people amongst their number. It has nothing to do with black people having a greater propensity for rioting or crime of any nature which is implicit in your argument.
The riots in the 80s were of a very different nature. The Met Police were far more institutionally racist back then, with appalling treatment of people simply by virtue of their skin colour. I don't think you can make a direct comparison.
Gun crime, yes, there is very high levels of black on black gun crime. It's lessened due to Operation Trident, but it's still a problem. There is a certain amount of Jamaican gang culture at play here. Lots of machismo. But again, that's a cultural thing from one country. Not an ethnicity. So again, skin pigmentation has naff all to do with a propensity for high levels of gun crime.
And as for your harking back to an all white golden age, how utterly depressing.
All the things you cite can and should be attributed to economic status and oppression. It's got nothing - literally NOTHING - to do with people's ethnicities.
