I think there is an underlying lack of self belief and confidence in those that resort to racism that they feel obliged to take their persecution complex to extremes and make themselves angry and take it out on others that are in the minority to blame for all the troubles that they face but have most of the time brought upon themselves.
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david and julie said:
Before you get too worked up, have another look at the link and change the comma to a dot. I must have typed it in wrongly.
The magazine was round at my mum's and I think it was either the Telegraph or the Times but I will see if she still has it this weekend. Personally I don't think it is relevant what paper it was in
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Who's work is the above quote though, yours or the writer of the article?
I am not getting worked up and I always check my links are right before use.
Any evidence to support this view though? Personally I would say we don't even have a race problem in this country at all. The issues are manufactured by those such as CRE to justify their existence. As I said earlier the whole area is now an industry.
I am not saying I disagree with you and I don't agree with racism either. I believe integration would be better achieved though by all parties participating in the process equally. The present method of using a one sided approach is more about being PC than anything else. You can't use a stick to force people to like someone who basically doesn't like them.
A very bold and radical idea! It would be great if all parties could do so and that this unity would spread to other causes aswell instead of the one upmanship ego in fighting that goes on in the commons instead of productive work being carried out. I just wish that whatever government gets in that they are allowed to just get on with the job and judge the results after the term not during which merely holds up the process of government.david and julie said:
mind you i can't see the BNP going along with the unity plan somehow can you?
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From dictionary.com, by no means the buck-stopper in lexicology but certainly a reliable source:
Interesting that 2) makes no discrimination between "positive" and "negative" discrimination. So, when you are asked to fill in those forms saying "what race are you?", the fact that they are taking note that you are african, asian, caucasian, hispanic or whatever, means that they are inviting you to discriminate yourself. So this could be racism by proxy, I am convinced it's not right anyway.
As to the "racism problem" in this country, yes there are and always will be a number of racist people. It is a problem with a small p, not a capital P. We have murderers too, would you describe the country as having a "homocide problem"? A lot of "racism" could probably be put down to old people using non-PC terms. How many times have you heard an old lady refer to someone of colour as "that dark fella down the road"? Doesn't mean she thinks any less of them.
As a matter of interest, does anyone know if the CRE has ever supported a case where a white person has been discriminated against?
Interesting that 2) makes no discrimination between "positive" and "negative" discrimination. So, when you are asked to fill in those forms saying "what race are you?", the fact that they are taking note that you are african, asian, caucasian, hispanic or whatever, means that they are inviting you to discriminate yourself. So this could be racism by proxy, I am convinced it's not right anyway.
As to the "racism problem" in this country, yes there are and always will be a number of racist people. It is a problem with a small p, not a capital P. We have murderers too, would you describe the country as having a "homocide problem"? A lot of "racism" could probably be put down to old people using non-PC terms. How many times have you heard an old lady refer to someone of colour as "that dark fella down the road"? Doesn't mean she thinks any less of them.
As a matter of interest, does anyone know if the CRE has ever supported a case where a white person has been discriminated against?
kendor said:mind you i can't see the BNP going along with the unity plan somehow can you?
Ah, but when the country is fully integrated, a policy to reverse this would be as popular as a policy to discriminate against people called John. This is one area where the BNP has shot itself in the foot. They used to (and may still do) have a proposed policy to "send 'em back where they came from"... must have sounded good to them. But, 99% of the anglo-saxon population has a friend, colleague, customer, local shopkeeper etc. who would come into this category.
On top of that you get the "uncommitted racist" type, "Send them all back. Apart from my mate Dave. He's alright"
this is why i believe we shouldn't have such a thing as race, what purpose does it do? we should just look on ourselves as a species, Human, It would be more productive to look at ways we could make us all as a species equal rather than have class, creed or distinction.AdamW said:
what an absolutely fantastic way to bring up a person, brilliant! just wish that all children could be brought up thinking the same instead of the hatred that's instilled in them from an early age, this seems to apply to all forms of creed which is a pity but maybe it the old adage that hate breeds hate so somewhere along the line the vicious circle must be broken but by who? who is best placed to kick it off first?AdamW said:Exactly Ken. I was brought up to answer the question of "what race are you?" as "human race". Believe it or not, the question has been asked more than once in the last 24 years
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