Because it’s not tangible or overt so how exactly can examples be provided. The same way black women are 5x more likely to die during pregnancy? In a modern western country those stats are terrifying and are rooted in medical racism. But the average Brit will tell you “there’s probably just something in black womens dna that causes this” or a black person being followed around Sainsbury’s by security guards “oh they would’ve done that to anyone it’s not because they’re black”
These aren’t things that you can’t physically prove, but both are 100% examples of racism
With all due respect, you’ve just completely contradicted yourself.
You claim that no obvious instances of this “racism” can be provided because it’s not overt enough, and you then give examples of overt racism.
Security guards following more black people around supermarkets than white people can be evidenced. How do you know this even happens? Because more black people make complaints or talk about it, yes? That’s called evidence.
How have you decided that black women dying in childbirth more often is due to racism? There are differences between groups for a million different reasons. A difference between a black group and a white group is not always down to racism...if it is, that would be evident. And which “black” group do you mean? Can all people who are not white be easily dumped into one homogeneous group so that you can make a determination about them en masse? No - humanity doesn‘t work like that. We are not divided up into black & white, and that’s it.
Did you know that proportionally more BAME people go to university in this country than white people? Why’s that? Racism towards white people? Unlikely. Probably there‘s something else at play - probably a complex mix of reasons. But I can guarantee that if the situation were reversed, you’d automatically assume “racism” - which would be unfair, unjust and almost certainly untrue.
If you can detect racism in the mainstream media then you should be able to alert others to it, unless you have some super active racism detector genes the rest of us lack? If you can’t provide examples it’s because it’s not there.
The UK is simply not a racist nation. We have a hideous history, like the entire rest of the world does, but we are, in 2021, one of the most tolerant countries the world has ever seen. Meghan was criticised in the media because of her behaviour, and that’s it. If she didn’t like that she was quite free to take advice and present a different public persona. She chose to play the R card and run away instead. Her choice.
Everyone who sees racism should call it out - always. But I rather think the decent thing to do is come with some evidence when you do and not use the excuse that it’s not “overt” enough.
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