In yesterday's round-up I included a story about three teenage girls who were organising their own anti-racism concert in imitation of the equally pointless mainstream ones.
The girls came under some criticism for this. One anonymous commenter said: "Unite Against Fascism specialises in targeting towns and cities that are experiencing friction between different ethnic communities or else where it considers the 'white' community to be getting too uppity, in order to put across its own deluded fantasies about how the world should be.
"This usually begins with a free music concert to attract local youngsters. This is followed up by meetings, demonstrations and rallies in the target town."
One of the girls has responded to this in the article. Read it yourself and then make up your own mind. Personally, the issue with me is still: how the hell is a live performance by Tat Supreme - whoever the hell that is - going to end racism, or even prevent ONE PERSON from being racist?
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Why is every body so desperate to tarnish the hard work of others?
If you have not attended the festival yourself, how can you bare comment?
Yes i admit, that such festivals are not going to change the world, but that is not the aim. It is merely to celebrate diversity, and to show how positive it is to live in a multi cultural country.
I feel the youth who attended the festival should feel inspired, and will hopefully have a deeper understanding to the problem of racism. They will also be less likely to be duped into believing the lies of the facist BNP. Music unites us, where racism only seeks to divide. So surely lighting a candle in celebration, is better than wallowing in the darkness.
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