(April 26, 2009 at 6:32 pm)bozo Wrote: Oh dear, you just don't get it, do you? Or do you want to? The dolls have been taken from the shelves for reasons I gave to Padraic earlier today. You seek to deny their history. Well so be it.I don't deny their history, I simply think it is irrelevant today given that attitudes have changed.
I'm unfamiliar with The Street-Porter story, so I can't comment from knowledge. If the real issue was calling somebody a bitch then I don't see it as racist, but is the lady in question racist? I don't know and neither can you know.
And as for your criticism of anti-racists, well frankly I think its bollocks.
My challenge to you to test your theory amongst the black populace stays.
And to you and your black friends, do you think we now live in a non-racist, pro-equalist Britain?
I agree, we cannot know whether Street Porter is racist or not, however this wasn't the issue. The issue was whether her outburst at a black lady was a racist attack. It doesn't matter if Street Porter is secretly racist or not, she should be able to call a neighbour a "bitch" if she wishes. Even if she had no real reason to call her a bitch, I stand by it. People insult other people all the time for no reason, and matters shouldn't change just because a black lady is involved.
You think my criticism of anti-racists is bollocks but you don't say why. Are we having a discussion or not?
Which "theory" are you talking about? If you want me to go and tell black people they are "golliwogs" or other racist slurs then I am not going to, and I've given my reasons why.
As for my friends, I think they would all agree that in the area in which they live, racism isn't an issue at all. I've never heard of any racist attacks in Egham, or even in my home town. I would say that they all think where they live is a very equal place.
