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Rupa Huq on the Morrissey furore

posted by davidt on Thursday December 13 2007, @04:00PM
An anonymous person writes:
Politician and academic, Rupa Huq comments on the Morrissey furore in the New Statesman.

"Morrissey’s subsequent statement is unambiguous: "Racism is beyond common sense and I believe that it has no place in our society." This and his explanation of 'Bengali In Platforms' as addressing a specific case and not all Bengalis is good enough for me to bury the hatchet.

These are the words that I’ve been waiting for since 1988 – also the year of Morrissey’s anti-Thatcher ditty Margaret on the Guillotine which provoked a police raid on his then home. For the past decade he has lived in the USA and Italy but he has not mellowed with age. Public anti-Bush remarks earned him questioning by the FBI.

Twenty years from the highpoint of my Smiths obsession, I’m hurtling towards middle age. Tellingly this whole furore illustrates how 80s pop fans are now old enough to be in command: selecting what goes into the papers and which questions are asked and picked for Dimbleby. On a more personal note this incident has made it acceptable for this Bengali to like Morrissey again - although the record, I’ve never worn platforms. "

This article is also going to be published in the leading British socialist journal, Tribune.
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