Jameela Jamil Calls Out The Double Standard Behind Belfast Riots

Jameela Jamil has never been afraid to speak uncomfortable truths. This week, she turned her attention to the racist riots in Belfast and the double standard that fuels them. While far‑right mobs burn homes and attack immigrants in the name of “protecting women and children,” Jamil asks a simple question: where is the same outrage when white men commit violence against women? She does not mince words. And she should not have to.

What Jameela Jamil Said

“Protecting women and children is always the excuse for violence against people of colour when one of them hurts a white person in the west. All people of colour are scapegoated for the crimes of a tiny minority of individuals.

Do these men suggest women go out in mobs and start burning down the houses of and shooting and hunting all white men as soon as one of them lays their hands on a woman or child? Because those numbers are far higher in this country.

On this account I talk about men’s violence against women in India, Afghanistan, Nigeria etc. But I also talk about white male violence and white male trafficking rings and grooming gangs.

I will ride with anyone trying to protect women and children from men. But not just one minority group. That doesn’t make women safer. That only makes white offenders safer.

If you’re gonna be about it, then be about it. A woman is killed in the UK every 3 days. 1 in 3 women and girls are SA’d. There should be constant uproar.”

White Male Violence Gets Individualised While Black And Brown People Get Scapegoated

Jameela Jamil is right. I notice a disturbing double standard every time I look at crime reporting. When a Black person commits an offence, comment sections fill with racist generalisations about all Black people being dangerous. But when a white man commits a heinous crime, no one extrapolates that to all white men. White men receive the privilege of individualism. Their crimes are treated as isolated acts by disturbed individuals, not as evidence of a group flaw. That same grace never extends to people of colour.

The UK has become a cesspool of blaming ethnic minorities for every social problem while ignoring the majority of crimes committed by white people. If every Black and brown person left tomorrow, would Britain be crime‑free? Of course not. The far right does not actually care about victims. They care about making Britain white again.

Northern Ireland proves the point. Over two years, around 35 women and girls were murdered there, including a pregnant woman. All killed by white men. Not one road closure, protest, or riot. But one stabbing by a Sudanese man, and the whole place erupts in racist violence. Homes burn, families flee, and the message is clear: white male violence against women is barely newsworthy, but violence by a person of colour is treated as a civilisational threat.

These rioters claim to protect women. Yet they ignore the domestic violence epidemic, the femicide rates, and the fact that women are far more likely to be assaulted by their own partners than by any immigrant. One woman described watching a man punch a woman in the face at a “protect our women and girls” rally. It was never about women. It was about women as possessions. When a person of colour harms a white woman, the outrage feels like criminal damage to white male property. That is not compassion. That is ownership.

The Media Protects White Male Violence While Scapegoating Everyone Else

I also notice how news outlets frame their reporting. When a white man kills his family, they use a warm professional family photo. When a person of colour is accused, they use a mugshot. The language minimises white male violence while amplifying everything else. White men are not seen as a collective threat, even though they commit the overwhelming majority of sexual offences, domestic abuse and murders. That blind spot is not accidental. It is the privilege of being the default.

The far right and figures like Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk fuel this division. They exploit fear for political gain. The mainstream media goes along with it, giving hatred an undeserved platform. I refuse to pretend this is about immigration. It is about racism. Pure and simple. Until we name it honestly, nothing will change. And as Jamil says, if you are going to protect women, protect them from all men. Not just the convenient scapegoats.