London Riots: Beyond the Logic of Racial Discrimination

Violence as the worst form of human attribute is the last resort of socially and economically suppressed people across the world. In the history of social evolution, whenever there has been a severe violence while protesting for civil rights, the intensity of violence only unearths the fact that how an otherwise neglected society was simmering under the exploitation of powerful and mighty for ages together and now that they have a legitimate chance to vent their anger, the situation has turned ugliest. No one questions those ruling class as why a particular section of society has been neglected for long and why their concerns have never been heard. In the most rhetoric form, it can be compared with the a high-magnitude earthquake that many would think an improptu reflex of earth structure, but the reality is that many decades of push and pull that controls the tectonic plate movements is only a reflection of extreme restraint that was building up a gigantic devastation below the surface. And the recent London riots only subscribe to this principle in socio-economic tectonic reactions which are often invisible on the surface but they are quite active underneath.

London is burning. Buildings and plazas are set ablaze; shops and stores are looted; rioters are engaged in running skirmishes with police; and the prime minister of UK, David Cameron, is on his most disturbing political phase of life. Everything is happening in sequence as it's scripted by the most creative black force of nature. The violence is spreading from city to city. London is seized. The worst fear is that whether it would jeopardize the security of Olympic Games scheduled for the next year.

Now that the riots have been transformed from a racial stand point to economic concerns, the Britons are in an absolute fix to understand the genesis – whether the riots are truly emotive explosion of a particular race against which police acted partisan or there is something deep inside the entire socio-economic structure that UK has adopted for centuries is finally hitting them back hard.

In the recent history of London, this is the most extensive, gruesome riot that has surpassed the boundary of racial logic and has expanded to other cities. As many television channels and newspapers paint this incident as the outcome of racial discrimination, the truth seems otherwise.

What's more intriguing is that rioters are not limited to a specific race or social group. While PM Cameron is squarely blaming on the parentage of rioters, he completely forgot the logic that how a neglected section of society for ages together was facing the brunt of bad governance and once given a chance the suppressed anger took an uncontrollable trajectory where the privileged section had to pay for the faux pas of political decisions.

Every society has its own narratives. Undermining their ethos and concerns is a dangerous proposition that the British government is facing today. A deprived society when exploited for years together, the consequence becomes dangerously devastating. And to suffice this argument sample this: According to one EU study, 17 per cent of Britain’s youth are classified as NEETs (Not in Employment, Education or Trainings), and there are over 600,000 people under 25 in Britain who have never had experienced a day of work. Can the other nations learn from the mistakes of Britain?