It's all to do with intent. If the news report is intended to show the plight of the immigrant is is far from racist. If the thread was created with the intent of causing ill feeling against the majority of Indian immigrants by likening them to a minority criminal element then it is racist. How trustworthy is the BBC? How trustworthy is Guest, Al? Make up your own mind but I, for one, would be happy to see this thread go the way of the Polish immigrant one.

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