Bradford
(Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)A Daily Mail article has been slammed for claiming there are areas in Britain that white people may not enter.
The article, which was published on their website without a byline ran with the lengthy headline: “British towns that are no-go areas for white people: Muslim author’s study of mosques reveals children ‘attacked for being white’, parents making families live under Taliban-like rules and women who can’t leave home without permission”. It summarised the claims made in an upcoming book by writer Ed Husain, that areas like Bradford, Blackburn, Dewsbury and Didsbury had been described by locals as “no go areas” and are sights of racial violence.
“Ed stated that upon arriving in Dewsbury, he feels ‘as though he is in a different country and century,’” the lovely story read.
“In nearby Bradford, Ed was amazed by the lack of white English people in the city, and asked a Muslim taxi driver ‘where they are’”.
Right.
Unsurprisingly, people were confused by this portrait of Britain and took to Twitter to criticise the article. Some said the claims were ‘racist’ and others local to the towns and cities mentioned in the article said that they were actually more populated by white people:
Wait.
— James Wong (@Botanygeek) June 5, 2021
The Mail claiming Edinburgh & Cardiff are no go-areas for white people?
Have I been in the sun too long today? pic.twitter.com/xzFIvGER9Q
Absolutely cannot cope with the Daily Mail’s conviction that *Didsbury* is a ‘no-go’ area for white people pic.twitter.com/BINPjPZNOk
— Hannah Rose Woods (@hannahrosewoods) June 6, 2021
Of all the rich multi-cultural areas of Manchester they could try to suggest was a no white area, the Daily Mail opt for Didsbury. DIDSBURY pic.twitter.com/tL4zTG5iSF
— David Scott (@arghkid) June 5, 2021
We all know the Daily Mail love being hateful but this is ridiculous. Didsbury is an affluent, & a very, very white area of Manchester 😂 pic.twitter.com/DKMGDk7lHN
— Miss Meek 🐝 (@PensiveMeek) June 5, 2021
Outright racism from the Daily Mail. That Bradford is a no-go zone for white people must come as a tremendous shock for the hundreds of thousands of white people who live and work in the city. Screenshot not link because don’t support this hate filled divisive rubbish. pic.twitter.com/8VnjSUzwx5
— Harrogate's 19th Most Popular Social Influencer (@idontbakecakes) June 5, 2021
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 they should make their mind up. Posh, leafy suburb or no go area. Three weeks is a long time at the Daily Mail... https://t.co/SYcKSuP9Xd
— TontKowalski (@Tontkowalski) June 5, 2021
Yer actual Daily Mail claiming that Edinburgh and Glasgow are "no-go" areas for white people.
— Alan Ferrier (@alanferrier) June 6, 2021
Must remember that the next time I visit Edinburgh's Mosque Kitchen for one of their excellent curries, alongside the hundreds of other white people who do the same weekly. pic.twitter.com/RtDQULUcal
Ah, yes, an old Daily Mail racist trope is back. The 'No Go Area' aka The Heart of Darki...I mean Darkness. https://t.co/QgpmUE8f3X
— Priyamvada Gopal (@PriyamvadaGopal) June 5, 2021
Hahahaha just caught up with the Daily Mail piece making out Didsbury is a no-go zone for white people
— Jennifer Williams (@JenWilliamsMEN) June 5, 2021
As things are slowly getting back to normal, so good to see the British media is too ☺️ pic.twitter.com/XNLYREvPFI
— Tez (@tezilyas) June 5, 2021
It is not the first time the publication has run stories about “no go areas”. In 2014, it parroted claims made by the Chief Inspector of Constabulary that “parts of the UK are becoming no-go areas for police because minority communities are operating their own justice systems”.
In 2016, they published comments made by Hungary’s government (led by Viktor Orban) that migration had created 900 “no-go” zones in the EU.
Meanwhile the “no-go zones” theory, which is spread by global far-right pundits online has been widely debunked.
We’ve contacted the Daily Mail to comment on these criticisms and will let you know if they have anything to say.
