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WillowTheWhisp · 11-04-2007, 23:37

No, what you said was:

Why is it that whenever issues relating to race are discussed someone (always white) sites an example of 'black people can be racist too'- yes, some black people can be racist, of course they can- I wonder why that might be?

and my response to that is that black people being racist against whites is as bad as whites against black, or brown or green or polka dot. Just because some 'black' people have been on the receiving end doesn't make it right that they or others should behave in like manner.

Anyway, my point was that my brown and golden shaded friends do not have racial abuse hurled at them when they walk down the street. I have only known one of them have a possibly racist experience when she was ignored in a shop and a white person served before her, but it could equally well have been a genuine mistake and the assistant could have thought she was already being served That sort of thing has happened to me.

There may be some racist idiots who shout things at people of a different colour when they are out shopping but it isn't normal experience every time every brown skinned person sets foot outside the door. It's the exception rather than the rule. Where I live I am a white person and an ethnic minority but I have never suffered any racial abuse from my neighbours.

11-04-2007, 23:37	#26
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: how much ethnic blood do you need to be a minority No, what you said was: Why is it that whenever issues relating to race are discussed someone (always white) sites an example of 'black people can be racist too'- yes, some black people can be racist, of course they can- I wonder why that might be? and my response to that is that black people being racist against whites is as bad as whites against black, or brown or green or polka dot. Just because some 'black' people have been on the receiving end doesn't make it right that they or others should behave in like manner. Anyway, my point was that my brown and golden shaded friends do not have racial abuse hurled at them when they walk down the street. I have only known one of them have a possibly racist experience when she was ignored in a shop and a white person served before her, but it could equally well have been a genuine mistake and the assistant could have thought she was already being served That sort of thing has happened to me. There may be some racist idiots who shout things at people of a different colour when they are out shopping but it isn't normal experience every time every brown skinned person sets foot outside the door. It's the exception rather than the rule. Where I live I am a white person and an ethnic minority but I have never suffered any racial abuse from my neighbours. __________________