I have been reading your blog for a couple of years now and have finally decided to post a comment emphasising my feelings on this post. I have begun to realise that some black and ethnic people are more racist than 'whites'. The trouble with writing such things is that you get so concerned about whether you yourself are racist due to the way you may phrase things. My Dads partner is black and from Africa (lived here about 3 years now) and I like her. I do feel sometines that she looks for examples of racism due to to the stories she has read or heard about racism. There have been some instances where I agree that she has been racially abused and others that I believe have been fueled by newspaper articles and what can only be described as 'racist propaganda'. How you do your job I don't know especially when you are so unappreciated at times and for the abuse you suffer. Much of the problems I am sure are driven by the media with geat publicity of single events that make people believe this is normal and widespread and therfore look for it at every opportunity.