Round-up

1. Positive Discrimination Alert: Companies are to be encouraged to discriminate in favour of women and black job candidates. The move is designed to thrust more female and ethnic minorities into senior posts.

2. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair is due to face an uncomfortable public grilling by his force's governing body over claims of racism. New Scotland Yard has been rocked by claims of discrimination, bullying and victimisation by one of its most senior officers. Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, the UK's most senior Muslim officer, alleged he was sidelined from his role at the head of security preparations for the 2012 Olympics. He also claimed his contract was only renewed for one year, unlike fellow senior top level officers, undermining his Olympic role.

I must remind Mr. Ghaffur and all concerned, of course, that Islam is not a race.

3. Here's a tragic story of Indian racism against blacks, with fatal consequences. This sort of thing is not covered enough in the media. The widespread racism in India and the Orient is well-attested to. I suspect that the only reason ABC covered this story is that it occurred in America and not India itself. And of course, ABC has to start talking about "racial slurs against Sikhs" and "post 9/11 suspicions", just to make it clear that it's Whitey's fault, too.