Round-up

1. British South Asians suffering from depression and other mental health problems are missing out on treatment because of ''institutional racism'' in the state health service, a senior health executive has charged.

We've seen similar allegations before, only back then the "racism" was supposedly being directed towards Africans rather than Asians. But in both cases, one thing is missing in these stories: evidence.

2. A Sydney council's rejection of plans for a proposed Islamic school is a "victory for racism", according to the Australian Muslim advocacy group FAIR (Forum on Australia's Islamic Relations - sounds eerily like CAIR...). Meanwhile, the council defended its decision by claiming that the school was rejected because of traffic control issues, and not based on racism or religious bigotry.

A "victory for racism..." Muslim spokesmen have never quite explained what race Islam is, have they? And in fact, FAIR executive director Kuranda Seyit undoes this whole argument of racism by saying, "The fact is that Muslims are diverse and come from more than 65 different ethnic groups..." So which race are the council supposed to be biased against again?

3. A nice response by a (presumably) conservative blogger refuting the claim of a liberal blogger that conservatives "feel no guilt" about racism...because, of course, all conservatives are inherently racist themselves. Such a silly, bigoted claim is barely worth replying to, but Conor Friedersdorf does so admirably.

Incidentally, these guys may wanna check out the new claims that Democrats have themselves been supporters of racist groups and policies for many years.