Editor’s note: although this article was originally published on 10 April 2014 it is worth revisiting. The piece initially paints an absurd portrait of non-White victimhood at the hands (beaks and/or wings?) of aggressive swans, which is then balanced somewhat by a rational explanation of swan behaviour during mating season. There are several implicit themes that are worth considering. One is the victimhood mentality present on Western campuses (in this particular case the campus of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England) readily adopted by non-Whites eager to take advantage. Another that bears noting is the implicitly White activity of conservation and care for animals. Non-Whites do not have the same penchant for preserving our natural world; and as recent accounts of the migrant…