Round-up

1. Morrissey, who you will remember was accused of racism last November, has been offered a formal apology by monthly music magazine The Word over the allegations.

2. In this bizarre story a black man has written an alternative history novel in which whites are the victims of racism and oppression from blacks, just to show us "what it's really like" to be on the receiving end. The suggestion here is that most whites "don't understand racism" - another unsubstantiated charge which is in itself racist because it suggests that white people are either too stupid or too self-absorbed to understand, and as if white people haven't apologised enough for the slave trade (still no large-scale apologies for the Islamic slave trade, though). Author Adam L. Perkins says, "The reviews from whites have been positive and are a good indication that this is what the country needs. It is bitter sweet, but necessary." Gee, whites are accepting? I guess they aren't as bigoted as you make out, then.