Sir, – Sean Moncrieff wrote a piece decrying the behaviour of two people on the Dart (Magazine, February 6th). He described them as "white and middle aged".
May I ask why their skin colour was relevant? Would he have mentioned their skin colour if they were not white?
I am guessing your columnist is, unfortunately, yet another media commentator who feels that he needs to play the identity-politics card to bolster his street cred with a certain demographic who seem hell-bent on going down the US identity politics route.
This divisive atomisation of society is something that has not served countries well when it has become entrenched in the body politic. People who bring colour and gender into every discussion can be just as much responsible for societal schism as the much ballyhooed far-right. – Yours, etc,
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PAUL WILLIAMS,
Kilkee,
Co Clare.