[Danny]

I used to live more or less in a similar area to Tom; about a quarter of the students in my old school were black. There was a lot of racism there (there were even gangs...), but it was more or less both ways, so even though it was horrible, it doesn't qualify for "double-standards"...

Now, I live in York, which is a rabidly white middle-class area, but, conversely, has far less racism than Bradford. Here in York, the colour of a person's skin is barely noticed...

Well, this hasn't really contributed much, so I'd better add my own opinions: Quite frankly, I find that all racism is just pathetic, but I do agree that if black people don't want white people to use words like "nigger", then they shouldn't themselves...