Black pound day

[EFLImpudence]

And almost all Australians are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants.

Good job Regan does not live there, then.

 

[Bodgedbuild]

I do my local shopping in a small shop owned by a chap from Sudan. I knew him before he had a shop so I choose him over the Tesco Local because of that. I wouldn't specifically chose to shop at a shop because of the colour of the proprietor though, I would have an equal preference whoever ran it if they give me good customer service.

 

[noseall]

would an inherently racist country allow millions of foreigners to settle? A stupid country, yes - but surely not a racist one.

Allow? Surely, servants, maids, cotton pickers, drudges, ass wipers are here to appease their white masters?
Cheap willing young labour is the best thing to happen to the UK. Didn't you know Grand Wizard RAC?

 

[motorbiking]

The front door of that website was easy to walk around with a simple SQL injection, the directory database is almost public, There is not much there a few dozen rows.

 

[Brigadier]

yes -slaves for example

plenty of racists in the UK are quite happy to be treated in hospital and made better by a person of a different ethnicity.

And plenty of tw@ts on here are happy to call anyone on here a racist, just because they want to discredit them or shut them down.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Calling people racist endlessly shuts down debate and we need debate of stuff that matters. We should be able, within reason, be able to express ourselves even if those views are not acceptable.

Yes, I would agree, within the laws of inciting racial hatred, etc.
So if it's OK for people to make comments such as, 'White Lives Matter', it must also be acceptable for people to give their opinion about others' comments, and where necessary, to declare them (in their opinion) racist, or inflammatory, or supporting racism, etc.
Except, you think it's OK for people to make racist comments, but it's not OK for people to object to those comments.
That's awfully one-sided, don't you think.

In an ideal world those views can be discussed and hopefully changed when people learn that the ideas they hold about other races/groups are often based on lies and myths.

How will people know that their comments are considered racist, and based on lies and myths, if they are not allowed to be informed?
Therefore, racist comments will abound without any restraint.

Schools and lessons imo are the way forward but that takes time.

There's also the question of the dominant culture in organisations. These dominant cultures ensure that racism is perpetuated. It is also probable that such organisational cultures will socialise any susceptible individuals into that dominant culture. Some excellent examples recently, of the MET, and the situation within NHS over Covid.
The dominant culture within organisations must change, and the only way that can happen is that minority voices are allowed and not shouted down with abuse, false allegations and circular arguments from those resisting a cultural change.
Therefore, those people who consider some comments to be racist or verging on racism should be allowed to voice their opinion.
There are some who obviously are intent on resisting such cultural changes within organisations.
I could argue that those wanting to change the culture within an organisation, e.g. by exposing racism, are discredited and shut down with lies, abuse, false allegations, etc.

And plenty of tw@ts on here are happy to call anyone on here a racist, just because they want to discredit them or shut them down.