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What Is This Person Going On About, We Have Just Released Our Ties To The Eu, We Have Not Been Taken Over By The Nazis?
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/// Yes, the immigration issue has been about numbers coming from eastern Europe, and about people who don’t have English as their first language. But as anyone with a black or brown face knows, our nationality is regularly questioned, even when we’re born here: we are spoken about in phrases such as “immigrant communities”, and immigration stories carried in the media are commonly accompanied by images of black or Asian people, implicitly assuming they arrived from overseas. ///
And who set themselves aside by having 'Community Leaders', and calling themselves the Ethnic Minorities, every time they consider themselves to be victimised.
/// Yes, the immigration issue has been about numbers coming from eastern Europe, and about people who don’t have English as their first language. But as anyone with a black or brown face knows, our nationality is regularly questioned, even when we’re born here: we are spoken about in phrases such as “immigrant communities”, and immigration stories carried in the media are commonly accompanied by images of black or Asian people, implicitly assuming they arrived from overseas. ///
And who set themselves aside by having 'Community Leaders', and calling themselves the Ethnic Minorities, every time they consider themselves to be victimised.
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/// But the leave campaign – from the headlines suggesting Turkey might imminently join the EU, to the notorious “breaking point” poster, with its queue of Middle Eastern migrants, to the claims that Muslim sex pests will flood into the UK – has brought race into the equation, playing on stereotypes about marauding savages. ///
Does he not know that Muslims are not a race but a religion?
/// But the leave campaign – from the headlines suggesting Turkey might imminently join the EU, to the notorious “breaking point” poster, with its queue of Middle Eastern migrants, to the claims that Muslim sex pests will flood into the UK – has brought race into the equation, playing on stereotypes about marauding savages. ///
Does he not know that Muslims are not a race but a religion?
My daughters BF is Italian...they live in London. Their circle of friends are career minded young people,graduates...many of whom are Italian,Dutch etc...who are all reacting with worry,fear,and in some cases...anger...over this vote. Will they have to worry about being queried as to whether they want to go back to their own countries? Daughter has seen remarks on FB referring to racism on the part of Brits who voted "out".
Once upon a time, there was only one tribe but it got big enough that people started to diverge in viewpoints, such that they couldn't get along with certain individuals. They were banished to somewhere conveniently far enough away to not be a nuisance any more. The exile groups raised families and grew population until they had exiles of their own. The slightly pale exiled tribe became more and more white, the slightly brown exile tribe became more and more brown. There were thousands of tribes and hundreds of languages. Everybody kept to their own lands and customs and out of each other's hair. Give or take occasional wars, people were happy with their lot and with where they happened to be born. Nowhere else in the world was especially attractive. It was exactly like home except for the different language and you could guess they liked/tolerated foreigners only as much as you did.
And then they invented global capitalism, so some tribes started doing rather well for themselves and the rest of the world got seriously envious and started relocating themselves, for a slice of the action.
As hosts, we now feel even more pressured to compete (manual and social skills/intellect/quals) for our place in the world and a comfortable life. Added competition is prejudicial to that comfortable life.
And we have to be welcoming and unprejudiced towards our sharp-elbowed competitors? Or just meekly get out of their way and let them lord it over us?
Who has the double standards in this situation?
And then they invented global capitalism, so some tribes started doing rather well for themselves and the rest of the world got seriously envious and started relocating themselves, for a slice of the action.
As hosts, we now feel even more pressured to compete (manual and social skills/intellect/quals) for our place in the world and a comfortable life. Added competition is prejudicial to that comfortable life.
And we have to be welcoming and unprejudiced towards our sharp-elbowed competitors? Or just meekly get out of their way and let them lord it over us?
Who has the double standards in this situation?
"Will they have to worry about being queried as to whether they want to go back to their own countries?"
No more and no less than they "had" to worry before the vote.
Why would they worry, fear, or be angry when there is nothing to worry, fear or be angry about ? I understand telling someone to pull themselves together doesn't help, but maybe the NHS can help with counselling ?
Of course some folk who are disappointed at not getting their way are going to play the 'racist' card whenever they think they can get away with name calling. It probably makes them feel big and better. Again one meets all sorts. Some are best ignored or calmly have pointed out what a load of nonsense they are spouting.
No more and no less than they "had" to worry before the vote.
Why would they worry, fear, or be angry when there is nothing to worry, fear or be angry about ? I understand telling someone to pull themselves together doesn't help, but maybe the NHS can help with counselling ?
Of course some folk who are disappointed at not getting their way are going to play the 'racist' card whenever they think they can get away with name calling. It probably makes them feel big and better. Again one meets all sorts. Some are best ignored or calmly have pointed out what a load of nonsense they are spouting.
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