Prepare to be disgusted:
Mark Leon Goldberg echoes others in denying a legitimate racial element here:
Aside from the sheer spectacle of London being beset by looters and rioters, it is interesting to see that there does not seem to be too much of a racial or ethnic dimension to the riots. Hoodlums from all ethnicities and backgrounds seem to be taking advantage of the breakdown of authority to vent frustration, anger, and of course behave like crass thieves.
This is a departure from the typical dynamics of other youth-riots in the UK and western Europe in recent years, which tends to be outpouring of rage by socially disadvantaged children of immigrants and ethnic minority youth
The Dish 