Round-up

1. Members of a white supremacist group have clashed with anti-racism demonstrators in Calgary. They were protesting a Canadian law that lets Muslim women vote in today's municipal election wearing a burka.

OK, you should hopefully know by now that I don't support or endorse white supremacist groups. On the subject they were protesting, however, I have some sympathy. Not for the manner in which they demonstrated their annoyance, and not for the underlying motives behind the violence, which are inherently pure racism. I am happy for Muslims women - and indeed all legal citizens - to vote, even while wearing the burka. But, even so, I would like to see this symbol of Islamic misogyny and oppression banished from the West forever.

2. RAU Watch - Racism Alive and Unwell in Scotland

3. Halle Berry is whingeing about racism in the movie business.