The ethnic press should move on from an oppressed mindset
06 05 08 - 23:51 The new editor of 'New Nation' newspaper, says it's time for the ethnic press to move on from a 'oppressed' mindset, but insists slavery is still a hot topic.Four decades after Enoch Powell's scapegoating of post-war immigrants in his infamous "Rivers of Blood" speech, it really is time, says Lester Holloway, that Britain's black communities escaped the yoke of victimhood and started celebrating their successes.
"Stories with an emphasis on victimhood – what they have done to us – have had their day. There are stories on racism that have to be done, but they have to be quite spectacular really, we don't want to get into the situation where we are running victim of the week," he says. "We have emphasis on empowerment stories and historical stories, stories that uplift and offer food for thought."
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He is right - as Nietzsche would say: I don't want to hear that you have escaped a yoke, I want to hear your ruling idea. But if slavery is still a "hot topic" that means victimhood is still at the forefront of their minds.
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