Some years ago in Newham, during election time, we got some a BNP candidate’s leaflet posted through the door. My initial though was to bin it straight away, but then I decided to read what their take was in Newham. What surprised me was that they didn't outrightly spew some racist rant - it was written is a very subtle way, but you could understand what it was getting at. This is why I think a few non white people might jump to the wrong conclusion in some situations - racist behaviour is becoming more cleverly concealed. There are some people that will "play the race card" to their advantage. Some will see a particular situation and assume that the racism is happening, rightly or wrongly. quixote's post mentioned that some people get racially abused on a daily basis (they would probably happily trade for the 2 to 10 times a year experience) but accept it as inevitable. Some don't and are vocal about it. It doesn't help when people start saying Enoch Powell was right, no matter how many {insert racial group here} friends they have. On a slightly different note, there has been stuff in the local rag a fortnight ago about a guy who was stabbed, went into a local clinic and had other patients stemming the blood flow with toilet tissue paper for 20 mins. And another guy dying whilst obviously distressed in Newham's A&E. The people that were moaning about Reynold and his crewmate might have had those incidents in mind.