Statistically speaking in terms of secondary education, higher education and employment the most disadvantaged/most underrepresented group is in fact working class white boys/men. These stats were presented to Munroe Bergdorf
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(Andrew Neil show, it’s on YouTube) who simply said ‘it’s not about education, you’re denying my lived experience, Britain is a racist society’. Professional victims who don’t care about the reality when it doesn’t suit their narrative.
Side note- My friend is ginger, like properly ginger, white skin and freckles, and when she goes to certain countries she is stared at and touched etc. Is that racism, no, it just illustrates the reality that races are different, and always will be, it’s biological. However, there is nothing stopping us from all treating each other as equals- of course.
I agree, there needs to be a change in the discussion about racism. Cause to me being told because you are white you cannot possibly understand has to end. Shutting down someone who actually may understand exactly cause you cant imagine they could understand is racist.
To me over the last few days with regard to all of this there have been a few examples passed as to their "lived" experience.
The red ticks are what I personally have experienced
1) must be a minority in your country.
2) the race who controls all structures in society must be different to your own
3) security follows you around the store
4) you have been excluded from jobs advertised because you are not the race they specifically are looking for
5) you have been told by your human rights commission you have less rights than people of other colour
6) you are repeatedly looked over for the promotion you are more qualified and experienced to have than the people who are being promoted because your company has mandated figures about what races need to fill what positions
7) other races being served ahead of you in stores even though you are standing at the queue here and wait patiently position indicated by the store.
8) where I live white people are actually put in prison for using racist names for people in a highly emotionally charged situation like they were just robbed at gun point. (Fyi No one should call anyone racist names but they also shouldn't go to jail for that.)
9) I happen to have dark skin. I live in africa and tan easily and am OFTEN confused for other races. But I am unqualified to understand.
This has to change. Because all that happens now other races are too scared to say anything. So they avoid things. This leads us nowhere.
I understand that white people put down and oppressed people for decades. But telling people they have no business or part to play in discussions takes people who are not rasict and makes them one. Cause if that's all you see me as then why not just own it. And that leads us no where.
I dont hold a grudge with regard to these things. I move on and still treat EVERYONE the same. I kindly thank the people of colour who assist me in stores. I greet people I pass on the street. Apologise if I walk through their conversation. Smile at young children who stare at me because they have never seen someone like me. Because I know too many people of colour have only had bad experiences with white people. And I can be the person who shows them we are not all like that. That the problem is that person and not us as a race.
And things like Meghan over exadurating the situations she had or blatantly lying about things of race remove all that hard work I do daily. And in an environment where I am already feeling more and more unsafe daily. It does not help. Because apparently there is only one kind of racism and it is the same all over the world.