She ain't one of us....

[xoggoth]

Malvolio taking most sense on CUK as usual. Best way to reduce racism is to work with human nature, you ain't going to change it by waving placards. Making sure that those who come to Britain are high performers we can respect changes peoples' perceptions. And blanket terms like black, white, Muslim etc. are very broad, it is far more complex than that.

Don't think it helps to keep going on about race, doubt it gives young ethnics hope for the future. While it is a good idea in some areas, more equality in the police, for example, may improve trust, I don't generally go with preferential treatment for people based on ethnicity. Just another form of racism in my view. Best to ignore ethnicity and judge individuals on their own qualities. In any case, different groups do have different strengths and interests. As long as they are doing something useful that's all that matters.

[vetran]

Society of Asian lawyers aren't all Muslim and some are/were active members of the Conservative party.

Likewise not all Muslims are Asian.

But you know that before moaning about the groups being racist and discriminatory.

I can never be 'Asian' you are born that way so that is totally racially biased.

Whilst I could convert to Islam, most are born that way, sadly many would not accept me.

Its as offensive as a lady of recent African extraction complaining that the Royal Balcony is horribly white.

As Malvolio says they don't need the labels to set them apart, they are quite capable of doing that by their actions.

[NotAllThere]

they were covered up for exactly the same reason the police and local bigwigs feared exposure so the abusers got a free pass.

No, the former were covered up because they didn't want to rock the establishment. The latter were covered up because they didn't want to be accused of Islamaphobia.

And well done you for totally failing to understand that I was picking up WTFH on his whataboutery.

[NotAllThere]

Its as offensive as a lady of recent African extraction complaining that the Royal Balcony is horribly white.

She said "Terribly white". Most people understand "terribly" in this context to mean, like "awfully", means "very".

Only very stupid people understood "terribly", in this context, to mean "horribly".

So well done!

[NotAllThere]

Best way to reduce racism...

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