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Racism in London clubs

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posted on 7/2/19

comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 6 hours, 7 minutes ago
The UK did not bend over backwards. It illegally colonized half the world, you reap what you sow
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In your world of living in the past, how do you intend to make good on the crimes of your ancestors:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/how-the-irish-were-complicit-in-native-american-suffering-1.34212431

comment by 8bit (U2653)

posted on 7/2/19

comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 5 hours, 59 minutes ago
The UK did not bend over backwards. It illegally colonized half the world, you reap what you sow
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Multiculturamism and mass immigration is punishment for the Empire? Sounds like that's what you meant.

comment by 8bit (U2653)

posted on 7/2/19

comment by MBL. (U6305)
posted 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 6 hours, 5 minutes ago
comment by MBL. (U6305)
posted 3 hours, 30 minutes ago

comment by Shinless Tony (U21188)
posted 10 hours, 45 minutes ago
There isn't a rise in racism - the publicity and the way it gets called out over here should show you just how racially tolerant this country is.

Look at other European countries (with the same European Racism laws as us) and their levels of racism where its institutionalised. Worse things happen every week in Italy and Spain. No one says anything there because there's no point - they are racist countries and no one will take any notice.

This country has bent over backwards to accommodate people of all races and religions over the last 60 years and enabled their children and their children's children to move up the economic ladder. That's why there is such a focus on the non white £ in modern marketing - whether its in music, food, retail. Its because this great country has welcomed new people and new communities and given them the same chance as the indigenous population.

Go to Italy, Spain, Greece and you wont see many non traditional indiginous people driving nice cars or in a suit working in a leading company.

Instead of constantly knocking the UK, I wish the people here would start looking overseas and saying those countries need to get their house in order and pull themselves up to the 21st century. And not just European countries. I go to India, Nigeria, South America as well as Malaysia regularly and those countries have got endemic issues with race, religion and class.
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Totally wrong in the first 5 words
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Going off my own experiences, I would agree with that. There has been a rise in racism. Although I would say that this has been particularly aimed at Muslims. Which has been fulled by the recent/ongoing trials around the rape/grooming gangs. An issue that hasn't been helped by the authorities ignoring these issues for so many years. In an attempt to calm race relations by not investigating such crimes, they have served to do the exact opposite and we have seen a rise in suspicion and hatred aimed at the Muslim community.

It comes as no surprise to me to hear that the abuse aimed at Salah was Islamophobic.
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Kick it out has said there’s been an increase in the amount of racial abuse being reported.

But according to some it’s not a major problem.
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I saw something on tv about that a few weeks back how the complaints have been increasing a lot every year and I thought basically that more people are using the app to report abuse than they were before which must be a big factor in the increase. I doubt many people knew about the app let alone using it a few years ago.

comment by MBL. (U6305)

posted on 7/2/19

comment by Shinless Tony (U21188)
posted 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
comment by MBL. (U6305)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 6 hours, 5 minutes ago
comment by MBL. (U6305)
posted 3 hours, 30 minutes ago

comment by Shinless Tony (U21188)
posted 10 hours, 45 minutes ago
There isn't a rise in racism - the publicity and the way it gets called out over here should show you just how racially tolerant this country is.

Look at other European countries (with the same European Racism laws as us) and their levels of racism where its institutionalised. Worse things happen every week in Italy and Spain. No one says anything there because there's no point - they are racist countries and no one will take any notice.

This country has bent over backwards to accommodate people of all races and religions over the last 60 years and enabled their children and their children's children to move up the economic ladder. That's why there is such a focus on the non white £ in modern marketing - whether its in music, food, retail. Its because this great country has welcomed new people and new communities and given them the same chance as the indigenous population.

Go to Italy, Spain, Greece and you wont see many non traditional indiginous people driving nice cars or in a suit working in a leading company.

Instead of constantly knocking the UK, I wish the people here would start looking overseas and saying those countries need to get their house in order and pull themselves up to the 21st century. And not just European countries. I go to India, Nigeria, South America as well as Malaysia regularly and those countries have got endemic issues with race, religion and class.
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Totally wrong in the first 5 words
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Going off my own experiences, I would agree with that. There has been a rise in racism. Although I would say that this has been particularly aimed at Muslims. Which has been fulled by the recent/ongoing trials around the rape/grooming gangs. An issue that hasn't been helped by the authorities ignoring these issues for so many years. In an attempt to calm race relations by not investigating such crimes, they have served to do the exact opposite and we have seen a rise in suspicion and hatred aimed at the Muslim community.

It comes as no surprise to me to hear that the abuse aimed at Salah was Islamophobic.
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Kick it out has said there’s been an increase in the amount of racial abuse being reported.

But according to some it’s not a major problem.
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Didn't say it wasn't a major problem (go back to school and work on comprehension). My point was lets widen the scope of inspection to other countries at the same time - and why not? Its gotta be important especially in a multicultural country like ours which invites people in from other countries. Its important that the people we invite in are also tolerant and that can only happen if that's how they are brought up in their own countries - right?
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I didn’t say you said that.

And it’s not looking for it, it’s an actual rise in reporters incidents

comment by MBL. (U6305)

posted on 7/2/19

And it’s the problem in this country that’s prevalent being it’s this country that we actualy live in.

The it’s worse abroad argument is both flawed ridiculous and stupid.

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