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Don't tarnish all Asians with the same brush

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June 22, 2025

IN most discussions about grooming gangs the perpetrators are largely described as of Asian ethnicity in general, whereas information suggests they are mainly men of British Pakistani heritage.

- Francis Kirkham, by email

In fact, the problem is much more likely to be a reflection of culture than of ethnicity per se.

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