Daniel Oliveira on run of the mill racism

Since the deportation of many Roma from France a debate has flared up in Portugal over racism at home. Daniel Oliveira pokes fun in his blog Antes pelo Contrário for the weekly Expresso: "Of course I'm not a racist. I just don't let myself be gagged by the 'politically correct'. Because who can deny that the Gypsies steal, live off the state, don't obey the law and don't want to work? ... Or that the Muslims ... are intolerant and don't respect women? ... Who can deny that practically all muggers are Africans who ... have to emigrate because they can't get their political act together at home? ... I'm not a racist, but when I read this type of popular wisdom ... am I not obliged to view the world's population as nothing but parasites and criminals - except for the whites? I know irony's not easy to get across. Nevertheless I hope it's as easy to grasp as all the crap we hear from everywhere ... in this country, where everyone's 'even got a black friend' as an alibi for their tolerance."

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