Oldham is said to be a simmering volcano. Police have put much of the blame for the racial violence on the far-right whites, who, they say, have exploited the tensions between the town's whites and Asians. An attack by a white mob on the house of a pregnant Asian woman is said to have triggered off the riots. The National Front and the British National Party have also come under fire for their alleged involvement in the violence. Whoever is at fault for having turned Oldham into a Mawanella thus putting Britain to shame, the fact remains that there is certainly a deep-seated rot in race relations between the two parties to the clashes.
Troubles are far from over.
One may wonder why the number of xenophobes is on the increase in the developed countries. In the US, it looks as if the KKK were fast gaining dominance going by the violence ultra nationalists unleash against non-whites as the recent attacks in Cincinnati show. Although the situation is said to be very much under control in these countries thanks to the efficiency of the law enforcement agencies and the efforts of governments and the majority of moderates, the audacity with which extremist groups give expression to their brutality from time to time has naturally caused much concern to every right thinking person. The world is said to be moving towards a global village. What will be the impact of the already present tensions among different races and the clashes like the ones in question in the west, which will assume the role of the village headman on the emerging new world order.