Booyaka I think unless you lived through the years when the abuse was prolific it's difficult to comprehend. And unless you have experienced the casual racism on a day to day basis it is difficult to even recognise it. I lived in a very diverse area. But there were different streets for different races and religions. Different atmospheres.
And if you spoke up against it you were either accused of racism or were likely to invoke trouble from the BNP type nutters that wanted any excuse to cause a riot.
We had friends of the family whose two daughters were groomed and abused. Their father repeatedly went for help to police and social services. He was told that there was nothing to be done. When he threatened to take.matters into his own hands by locking his younger dd in he was told ss would remove her from them if she didn't attend school. She was repeatedly collected from school or left school to go ti her abusers.
When he said he would take matters into his own hands he was told he would be arrested and charged.
And still we are not allowed to say that the problem was caused by pakistani men who deliberately targeted white girls. We are not allowed to say that there is a massuve problem in certain parts if town. That o e culture qas responsible for sustained child abuse of 100's of girls.
I live in a different part of town now that doesn't have a high percentage of pakistani familes or even many cultures at all. And the attitude borders on racist here too. Not really how I wanted to raise my dcs but the school dd would have attended had a very high percentage of pakistani families or of pakistani origin. Just like my old school.
I don't want my dd to grow up as I did thinking that you cannot speak up against abuse for fear of being accused of being racist. That it is normal for a group of people to be untouchable because of the colour of their skin or the God they worship. It might mean she grows up less tolerant. It.might mean she grows up racist. But better than she grows up repeatedly abused and gang raped and molested or watches her friends grow up this way.
I make no apology for having my families best interests at heart. That my dd comes before political correctness. That I believe every single person who speaks out. That I mistrust authority to put a child before a race or religious belief.
This all still happens by the way. Maybe not the abuse so much but if you are not white english in Rotherham you can get away with so much more. Especially if you are 'of pakistani origin'. I won't out myself with examples but it absolutely happens.