LOL...The charity is allowed to decide where you are from of course -
" Sistah Space advocate for African heritage women and girls of African and Caribbean heritage affected by abuse. We offer one to one or group support We attend court, housing and other relevant agencies where support might be required. We host & attend events to deliver diversity training to individuals & organisations with a DV remit. Charity shop for DV survivors to access necessities"
I’m sorry I have to disagree with you there. When you have a white person and a black person standing side by side and only the black person gets asked where they’re from then yes that is racist. It may be unconsciously so on the part of the person who is asking. But it IS racist. In the situations I’ve personally experienced with my friend the questioning had nothing to do with who we did or didn’t know. It was simply down to colour of skin. I’m not British but I’m white and speak with a British accent so I don’t get asked where I’m from. My black friend IS British yet she frequently gets asked where she’s from. The underlying cause is really pretty obvious. People may not mean any harm by it but I can fully understand how irritating it must be to black people.It isn't about being British.
It's a short-hand way of asking who you know.
It's no different to asking what university you went to.
But for whatever reason some committee somewhere decided it was racist - and thus it is.
And people have been conditioned to think it is.
is this the chairman who was portrayed in a Crown episode ?Lady Susan was married to Marmaduke Hussey, former chairman of the BBC. He was always known as Dukie, and I had the pleasure of working with him many years ago. He lost a leg in the war, went on to become editor of The Times and then the Beeb. Lovely man. Very well-connected couple.
But does that mean it's asked with malevolent purpose, or is it simply a way of making conversation? Kenya, oh yes, we lived there for years.... More interesting than Hackney!!I’m sorry I have to disagree with you there. When you have a white person and a black person standing side by side and only the black person gets asked where they’re from then yes that is racist. It may be unconsciously so on the part of the person who is asking. But it IS racist. In the situations I’ve personally experienced with my friend the questioning had nothing to do with who we did or didn’t know. It was simply down to colour of skin. I’m not British but I’m white and speak with a British accent so I don’t get asked where I’m from. My black friend IS British yes she frequently gets asked where she’s from. The underlying cause is really pretty obvious.
To be honest, does Lady Hussey have 100% hearing and vision as I think the fact that Ngozi Fulani was dressed head to toe in African dress confused the elderly woman somewhat.of course you may be right it depends on who all heard truthfully what was said,
That's him! One of those epic characters, could be scary, but if you stood up to him, he was a darling, and always nice to the 'little people' of which I was one.is this the chairman who was portrayed in a Crown episode ?
There's no need to apologise.I’m sorry I have to disagree with you there. When you have a white person and a black person standing side by side and only the black person gets asked where they’re from then yes that is racist. It may be unconsciously so on the part of the person who is asking. But it IS racist. In the situations I’ve personally experienced with my friend the questioning had nothing to do with who we did or didn’t know. It was simply down to colour of skin. I’m not British but I’m white and speak with a British accent so I don’t get asked where I’m from. My black friend IS British yes she frequently gets asked where she’s from. The underlying cause is really pretty obvious.
It is the fact they are framed. MAYBE a photo of themselves in amongst any welcome packs etc, but it’s the fact it is framed.Ah fans. The old show I've been watching, celebrity fans being creepy ....it's like I'm back in college!
As I've mentioned before, I used to be member of a celebrity forum a decade or so ago, and it was absolutely crazy. Crossing the line into psychotic-erotic fanfiction about their favourite celebrities, doxing, death threats to other members over liking their favourite's 'rival', spending crazy amounts of money sending what were some really creepy gifts to their favourites - I remember one actor got so freaked out over some very creepy stuff someone said to him on Twitter that he refused to respond to any messages for a while.
Some male celebrities' wives were on the website too - just to keep in touch or manage their spouse's profile since all of them couldn't afford staff to do it. One was harassed so badly by her husband's fans and cursed and told she should die, just because the fans wanted him for themselves.
Even had someone pose as a journalist and get access to a guy's bedroom. Another got friendly with an actor's actor ex who wanted him back (she'd cheated on him to get better opportunities, but still failed), so she briefed the fan about his house's layout, intimate descriptions etc. Very Waleses' kitchen in Funding Fuckdom. The fan told other fans, and then multiple attempts were made to break into his place.
I made some good lifelong friends on there too, including a celebrity, but mostly it was horrible.
So yeah, can very well believe that the Gruesomes' fans would be doing the photo by bedside thing - many of the fans on that website did it too.
ETA: Most of these people weren't paid/didn't earn anything from their crazy behaviour, though later some of them started exploiting the whole situation and their own position amongst the fans. This was pure fanaticism.
She wasn't the only one asked. Lady Susan said her people were French.... She was asking where this woman's people were from. The charity she runs is for people from Africa and the Caribbean....is the charity racist because of that????I’m sorry I have to disagree with you there. When you have a white person and a black person standing side by side and only the black person gets asked where they’re from then yes that is racist. It may be unconsciously so on the part of the person who is asking. But it IS racist. In the situations I’ve personally experienced with my friend the questioning had nothing to do with who we did or didn’t know. It was simply down to colour of skin. I’m not British but I’m white and speak with a British accent so I don’t get asked where I’m from. My black friend IS British yet she frequently gets asked where she’s from. The underlying cause is really pretty obvious. People may not mean any harm by it but I can fully understand how irritating it must be to black people.
Yes, like I said in my post, the person asking may not mean to be racist but, nevertheless, asking a black person with a British accent where they’re from just makes them feel like they are not seen as properly British and that can be upsetting and insulting. I just think it’s better not to go there. If the black person initiates the discussion by mentioning in conversation that their parents or grandparents etc were from Africa or The West Indies etc then it’s fine to discuss it. But a white person asking a British black person where they’re from is frequently not going to go down well.But does that mean it's asked with malevolent purpose, or is it simply a way of making conversation? Kenya, oh yes, we lived there for years.... More interesting than Hackney!!
I thought it was a rather clever title for the new thread!i didnt realise there was a rave thread for these pair, this one is No 268, the rave one is No 2
Me too i thought this one was up to 50 pages and was going to watch the new oneI thought it was a rather clever title for the new thread!
On the Archie pic, that's a bad screen shot to begin with. It kind of looks like she took a picture of the computer screen with her camera instead of taking a screen shot with the "print screen" button, hence the glare. Plus Meg probably has some kind of filter going on top of that. So it's hard to say what his real hair color is underneath all that, though it does appear to at least have some red undertones here.
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