Are we a racist society?

[Brigadier]

….keep their mouths shut, their heads down and be closet racists while accusing others of being the same?

Or overcome any innate tendencies or biases (if such things exist) through maturity, reason, and empathy

 

[ellal]

Pretty sure you are ageist, essexist, northernist, brexitist, 4x2ist, and dogownerist to name but a few of your 'ists'.

I think you need to look closely in your own mirror when it comes to meaningful prejudices...

You are of course at present an apologist of vile acts against humanity....

One could in your language call you 'Palestinianist'!

Thus 'IST' in your case could be interpreted (politely) as meaning 'Ignorant Silly Turd'

 

[Mottie]

I wish you’d stop making such funny posts - that’s another rib I’ve just cracked just reading it. You must be a laugh a minute to be around.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

We are all born without racism or prejudices...

It is the control systems that we live under, whether that be political influences or the lies related to imaginary friends that build racism/prejudices from an ever increasing earlier age...

Don't forget the home.

 

[ellal]

Don't forget the home.

So where do you think the influences in the home come from?

 

[IT Minion]

Not significant, I’d say but yeah, there’s definitely some racists about of all colours.

How do you define significant?

For getting a job ethnic minorities need to send 60% more CVs to get to the next stage than white British people. Nearly double the amount for Middle eastern, Pakistani or Nigerian.

Half the jobs they applied for weren't available because of their race. I call that massively significant.

 

[transam]

Judging some of the comments in here, the answer won't surprise you.

The guardian Oh dear

They refused to print an article over this Rochdale caper for fear of being accused of racism

Was spoken about on a radio 4 doc last week

The times reporter investigating this Rochdale caper in the early days was accused of being a racist by numerous people

Probably by people like you ??

 

[IT Minion]

They refused to print an article over this Rochdale caper for fear of being accused of racism

So you claim, but didn't provide any proof.

 

[noseall]

The guardian Oh dear

They refused to print an article over this Rochdale caper

You can't be too careful when vetting news stories, wouldn't want to get sued. You might not believe this, but some idiot on this very forum falsely stated that "...It is not white British males committing the majority of rape abuse against kids, via rape gangs..." when actually, it's the vast majority (e.g. 83% in 2023) committing group based offences.

Perhaps he should have taken a leaf out of The Guardians' book.

Dumb RWR shmucks.

 

[noseall]

, but didn't provide any proof.

Standard M.O. for the RWR.

 

[Mottie]

How do you define significant?

For getting a job ethnic minorities need to send 60% more CVs to get to the next stage than white British people. Nearly double the amount for Middle eastern, Pakistani or Nigerian.

Half the jobs they applied for weren't available because of their race. I call that massively significant.

If you say so. Shall we just take your word for it or are you going to provide your source?

 

[IT Minion]

If you say so. Shall we just take your word for it or are you going to provide your source?

It's in the article at the beginning, or to be more accurate it's in an article linked from that article.

Minority ethnic Britons face 'shocking' job discrimination

Exclusive: research finds levels of discrimination unchanged since late 1960s

www.theguardian.com

But minorities having to work 60% harder than whites to get a job is pretty dramatic.

 

[Mottie]

It's in the article at the beginning, or to be more accurate it's in an article linked from that article.

Minority ethnic Britons face 'shocking' job discrimination

Exclusive: research finds levels of discrimination unchanged since late 1960s

www.theguardian.com

But minorities having to work 60% harder than whites to get a job is pretty dramatic.

The article is more than 6 years old. Got anything more current?

 

[carmanmemoranda]

The article is more than 6 years old. Got anything more current?

There's lots out there.

1 just picked at random

The Resume Bias: How Names and Ethnicity Influence Employment Opportunities | King's College London

Explore the largest study on resume bias, with 12,000+ applications to 4,000+ jobs. Discover insights on name and ethnic discrimination in employment.

www.kcl.ac.uk

 

[transam]

You can't be too careful when vetting news stories, wouldn't want to get sued. You might not believe this, but some idiot on this very forum falsely stated that "...It is not white British males committing the majority of rape abuse against kids, via rape gangs..." when actually, it's the vast majority (e.g. 83% in 2023) committing group based offences.

Perhaps he should have taken a leaf out of The Guardians' book.

Dumb RWR shmucks.

Says the self confessed person who has treated people in a racist fashion / way

Yes noseall you yer dumb schmuck