Lee Jasper playing the race card again

From The Guardian I see that Lee Jasper "said today that he will not be "hounded out of his job because of racist lies and smears".

I also read that he has also been "forced tonight to resign from a second role. He confirmed he was standing aside as chairman of the Trident Independent Advisory Group, which advises Scotland Yard on how it tackles gun crime in the black community."


The most interesting part were these contrasting sections:

First, "Many of the accusations against Jasper have emerged in the London Evening Standard, and yesterday he accused the newspaper of running a racist campaign. "This is a systematic attack on black London. People should not be fooled. A white-owned newspaper with mostly white staff has sought to target a broad range of African Caribbean and Asian organisations and individuals with falsehoods. "That constitutes a racist campaign in my book. What about white organisations that have failed? Aren't there any... Is failure and corruption strictly limited to the black community?"

So Lee Jasper claims that it is racist for the Evening Standard to question his motives, because they are "white-owned" with "mostly white staff". I presume that he believes that only a "black owned paper" could investigate his work or if a "white owned" newspaper wanted to do so then they must only spend time investigating black organisations in proportion to the make-up of the population.


Second, "Jasper...says he will concentrate on helping persuade black Londoners to vote on May 1 while he is suspended"

It is however fine in his eyes for Lee Jasper to only campaign only for black Londoners to vote. I am a white Londoner, why does Lee Jasper see fit to ignore my vote?