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Splendidly written. I also totally agree.

And, not my words but I also wholeheartedly agree:
We are fortunate to live in one of the most tolerant societies that has ever existed. Although there are still some problems, by seeing absolutely everything through the prism of race, gender and sexuality we are generating further division in the name of progress.

 

We'd end up just talking to our pets then...!!!

 

Never been on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and have managed to get through life just fine thanks.

 

She’s more an example of a failing educational system, someone should tell her that cows are female. Milking a bull would likely bring out an entirely different fluid...

 

I think the flip side of that is, if a person's mindset is fixated that any challenges they encounter are because of race (or gender, or any other 'category') then that lens is the paradigm through which you see the world. Racism does exist, of course, but I'd say that there's much more evidence of 'the system' NOT being institutionally racist.

This part hits the nail on the head for me:
'The report also said there is an "increasingly strident form of anti-racism thinking that seeks to explain all minority disadvantage through the prism of white discrimination" which it said diverted attention from "the other reasons for minority success and failure"

 

They should have let Abbott, Lammy and Khan write it ......

 

See the Poland players last night were having nothing to do with "taking the knee".

 

Only because of team loyalty, which is admirable, but they still know it's wrong and will be shown up when fans are back and we all (but a few) know it...

 

Or maybe the difficulties and challenges faced by millions of British Citizens is much more complex than a simple matter of race. I think that's the crux of the report. Aspiring to a better and fairer society for all is exactly right. But they're not mutually exclusive points - it may be the case that many BAME people face challenges, as do many white ethic brits, but it isn't a given that the foundation of those challenges is institutional racism. Poverty, Social and Cultural factors, geographic factors, all play a huge part. These challenges won't be resolved by this enduring narrative of 'white oppression'. Its a lopsided argument.

 

Just remember surveys usually give the answer the organisation who pays wants to hear, They are skewed and unreliable based on a small selection and a very unreliable source of information that should be relied on,

 

Going back to the first post on this thread about litter in the parks it actually linked in to the race issue and Misogyny it’s about respect for the environment and other people. This is a society that knows it’s rights but hasn’t a clue about its responsibility’s

 

Interesting thread. We are all guilty of unconscious bias-so does that make us all racist?

Recently did some online learning on unconscious bias and found it very interesting. It's almost impossible not to do it but when you become aware of it and when you think about your everyday activities it gives you a real sense of awareness.

 

It's worth noting that black people officially only make up 3% of the population so any "under representation" needs to be judged against that statistical context.

 

I very much doubt it is millions. By your posts you seem to be in a left leaning Liberal elite bubble of people who wear the leftist badge as a matter of course to prove how fair and Liberal they are while not been of it in the middle class lifestyle they lead and have little in common with the vast majority of working class voters who now have seen the failings of the left and have decided to vote Tory ( not sure how that will work out ) But this country has always had a centre right leaning in its electorate,