Friday, October 28, 2005

"a lazy Walloon, a slave and an inferior creature"

Is the above a "racist" description? A Belgian woman, I should say, a Flemish woman was arrested on charges of racism yesterday. "The 48-year-old husband filed a complaint for racism against his spouse for scratching him and calling him "a lazy Walloon, a slave and an inferior creature", De Standaard daily said".

First of all, this Walloon husband is a loser. Second, I don't see how that's "racist" at all, but it probably does rate as insensitive. Third, do the Belgians have so little to worry about?