In fact, as the journalists soon discovered, Jasper has a black mayor and a black school principal.

ECONOMIST: Race relations

Younger blacks were particularly unhappy with Jasper's black leaders, who, they said, were too deferential to whites.

ECONOMIST: Race relations

This is particularly true of Jasper, which is 55% white and 42% black.

ECONOMIST: Race relations

Lee Jasper, the head of Operation Trident's predominantly black advisory group and close to London's mayor, maintains that the unit's focus on a single ethnic group is key to its success.

ECONOMIST: Crime