> I'm curious if the OP meant to put that NOT there (or the ir).

What's wrong with you. I am approving of an article that does not 
hesitate to mention ethnicity. I did not make a typo.

Here in Australia there were lebanese rape gangs on the loose and the 
media was silenced. The issue could not be reported correctly because 
information about the ethnic background of the offenders was being 
suppressed.

I like the Japanese attitude towards the Chinese. After that Chinese 
crime incident (the murders), the Japanese government limited Chinese 
visas to the country. In an western country that move would be 
considered "racist".