As a Black female I find John Barnes' comments embarrassing. Apparently Neeson 'deserves a medal' and his horrific plans were entirely the fault of 'society' and its portrayal of Black men. Nothing at all to do with Neeson clearly being a violent racist.
And yes, he is a racist because the first question he asked his friend who had just suffered a horrendously traumatic attack was "what colour was he"? In what universe is that a normal response? Wouldn't you be more concerned about your friend's welfare? Certainly, further down the line you might ask questions about the attackers appearance, if she recognised him etc. But why on earth would the attackers race be your first thought unless you were an out and out racist.
If every Black person with a friend who had been attacked or racially abused by a white person decided to stalk the streets with a cosh looking for a white person in order to exact revenge...well it wouldn't be pretty would it. But apparently it's ok for a white man to those plans because after a week of Black man hunting he came to his senses.
Incidentally, I wonder where all of this occurred. Presumably not in London where there are Black men on every corner. Something tells me brave Mr Neeson wouldn't go wondering down Brixton high street looking for a victim.