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Of course the media’s been a part of it.

NASREEN:

Yeah, but you can’t get away from the race issue – wait, I’ll shut up in a minute – if this was a Pakistani mother from Bradford who’d left her kid on her own, there wouldn’t be all this attention, the president of the United States, for God’s sake.

CAROLE:

So should we police according to race, is that what you’re saying?

NASREEN:

Well, in this instance, yeah, what I’m saying is, and I’ll repeat it again, if this was a single mother from Bradford, we wouldn’t be here.