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'No place for such stereotypes'
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I use Kensal Green station regularly and share with others the sense of despair at the horrific attack upon the late Mr ap Rhys Pryce. But let us not compound our despair by drawing upon coarse would-be sociological explanations. You quote a resident thus: "This was traditionally quite a black area but recently it has become more white, middle class and gentrified." (Legacy of area's past surfaces after dark, Observer 19 Jan) The Brent I love has no place for such gross racial stereotyping. Only the other night I observed a young man help another young man lift his pram up the long flight of crowded stairs at Kensal Green. As a matter of fact one was black and the other was white. Would that we could be reminded of such acts of everyday kindness. Undoubtedly a CCTV camera recorded the whole colour-blind episode. Shahrar Ali |
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