Anthony Walker, an 18 year old student was brutally murdered in Liverpool on Friday. It seems an axe was used in the attack. He was black and his attackers were white. The press and television news emphasise this point over and over as if, somehow, the boy’s death is even more tragic than if he had been murdered by blacks - or had been white himself.

To achieve a ‘non-racist’ society we must be colour-blind. Emphasising again and again that nasty whites killed the poor black kid actually emphasises the ‘differences’ between us rather than that, in fact, we’re all British citizens, living, working and studying together in Britain with equal rights and responsibilities. Nobody - of any skin colour - wants to have it rammed down their throats that one of ‘their own’ killed one of ‘the other’. This does nothing for unity.

The truth is that this is an appalling crime committed against a young lad which has left a loving family (paraded for the cameras) grieving their loss. The young man was, apparently, a devout Christian and hoped to become a lawyer. His family - parents, sisters, brother, cousins - are devestated. I feel for them not because they’re black but because they’re human. Isn’t that how it ought to be?

Now our politicians and authorities can mouth pompous and meaningless platitudes either to enhance their credibility as multi-culturalists or, simply, to be sure of avoiding any suggestion that they’re not.

Police have arrested two for the crime. Let’s hope they catch the rest - there’s apparently four people involved - and let’s hope (although this may be a forlorn one) that they spend the rest of their lives where they ought to be. Behind bars.

On the same day as as the wicked crime against Mr Walker this man was also stabbed to death, protecting his girlfriend from a nuisance on a bus. It seems a chap boarded the top deck of a London bus and started throwing chips at other passengers. Richard Whelan decided to speak to the man and was stabbed repeatedly by him.

You might not be aware of this case though. The victim was white. All the newspapers make this ‘less’ of a story and, although it’s mentioned on some (internet edition) front pages, you have to search for it in some.

That the attacker was, apparently, black wasn’t even mentioned. It’s only The Times that picks up that detail. - added in the penultimate paragraph of the story.

One can also express sympathies for this man’s family too and, as well, the hope that his attacked is also apprehended and spends the rest of his life behind bars.

One day, we will realise that there is a ‘them’ and ‘us’ in society but it’s not - as our politicians, ‘leaders’ and media hacks believe - one based on colour. It’s one based on attitudes, loyalties and behaviour. The sooner we start emphasising that the better off we’ll all be.