Penistone999 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Is racism on the increase at them moment? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42686932 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42685356 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/13/sadiq-khan-speech-disrupted-by-protesters-backing-brexit-and-trump-white-pendragons No its not . The scourge of political correctness is whats on the rise , encouraging some people to play the race card over the slightest little thing . The H&M advert is the perfect example of this. God knows how these people would have gone on in the 70`s. They would probably have self combust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 God knows how these people would have gone on in the 70`s. They would probably have self combust. Tell me about your perception of the 70's; do you see them as a kind of golden age when everything was alright with the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) No its not . The scourge of political correctness is whats on the rise , encouraging some people to play the race card over the slightest little thing . The H&M advert is the perfect example of this. God knows how these people would have gone on in the 70`s. They would probably have self combust. According to Government statistics: In 2016/17, there were 80,393 offences recorded by the police in which one or more hate crime strands were deemed to be a motivating factor. This was an increase of 29 per cent compared with the 62,518 hate crimes recorded in 2015/16, the largest percentage increase seen since the series began in 2011/12..... 78% of the total were race hate crimes Amnesty International have published some accounts of 5 victims of hate crimes. I've posted a link to these below. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/ether/hate-crimes-uk-victims-stories#comments-expand As Amnesty themselves say, these accounts are but a small example of the sort of very real hostility many people deal with every day. Nothing to do with political correctness. Edited January 16, 2018 by Mister M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 No its not . The scourge of political correctness is whats on the rise , encouraging some people to play the race card over the slightest little thing . The H&M advert is the perfect example of this. God knows how these people would have gone on in the 70`s. They would probably have self combust. If an individual doesn't perceive an incident or act to be racist then that should be the end of the matter & nobody else should be aggrieved on their behalf. Clearly this is not the case in the fallout of the H & M advert: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42708157 The family of the boy model have has to move homes & the child's mother has been attacked by other black people for not condemning H & M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Some of my friends have posted about racist abuse in the last year, having never have experienced it before. A friend from Manchester had "go back home ****" shouted at her, she's Chinese in origin, and happens to be a Dr. (The starred word is not a racial epithet for a Chinese person, but instead a Pakistani, giving you an idea of just how intelligent the shoutee was). Edited January 16, 2018 by Cyclone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil752 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Is racism on the increase at them moment? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42686932 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42685356 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/13/sadiq-khan-speech-disrupted-by-protesters-backing-brexit-and-trump-white-pendragons Jo Marney, 25, said 'black American' Meghan will 'taint' the British Royal Family did she say that? or has the Black American, which is in quotes been added by the mail ---------- Post added 16-01-2018 at 21:39 ---------- Is racism on the increase at them moment? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42686932 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42685356 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/13/sadiq-khan-speech-disrupted-by-protesters-backing-brexit-and-trump-white-pendragons apart from the generic fair question, I don't get the links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I think she did say it, or something very similar. Given that the leader of UKIP has nearly lost his position due to it, and that's even though he's dumped her like a hot potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviathan13 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 It shows..... Care to elaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil752 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I think she did say it, or something very similar. Given that the leader of UKIP has nearly lost his position due to it, and that's even though he's dumped her like a hot potato. it quite important distinction, if the"Black American" was in the tweet or was not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey finn Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 The Pakistani/indian hatred thing is not due to racism as both are the same ethnic race. Not all Pakistanis hate indians or vice versa so I think your wrong there. No but its a really convenient tool used to make Asians look racist. ---------- Post added 16-01-2018 at 22:56 ---------- Tell me about your perception of the 70's; do you see them as a kind of golden age when everything was alright with the world? Mass strikes, financial crashes, the IRA, power cuts, terrible racism and sexism, yeah the 70s were brill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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