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Why So Few Black And Asian People At Glastonbury?
Lenny Henry, that stalwart champion of 'diversity', says he is “always surprised” by the lack of black and brown people at Glastonbury, as he called for better representation of ethnic minorities in all facets of British society.
Are they prevented from buying tickets - or is it that they just don't fancy living for several days in a tent in a muddy field?
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Are they prevented from buying tickets - or is it that they just don't fancy living for several days in a tent in a muddy field?
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Much like Diane Abbott (who is a racist), David Lammy and a few others, Lenny Henry sees racism in pretty much everything, but to crowbar a racist slant into black people choosing not to attend Glastonbury is absurd.
10:36 Sun 19th Jun 2022
Imagine if a white person did this.
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Followed by these two Naomi
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Shola Mos-Shogbamimu & Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Blatant racists and they get away with it !
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Shola Mos-Shogbamimu & Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Blatant racists and they get away with it !
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\\Black Boy
Now a rather controversial pub name, records of ‘Black Boy’ inns go back at least 250 years. There are four potential origins of the name – and no-one’s really sure which is the real explanation! The pub could be named after:
a character with skin darkened by their work, like chimney sweeps or miners covered in soot or coal-dust.
King Charles II, who was nicknamed ‘Black Boy’ by his mother, Henrietta Maria of France because of his dark hair and complexion. The name was adopted by Charles’ supporters fighting for the restoration of the Monarchy in the 1650s. Inns using the Black Boy name were possibly declaring their royalist allegiance against Oliver Cromwell’s parliamentarians.
The least watertight etymology is that they’re named after local dark-coloured shipping signals, the name being a misspelling of Black Buoy.//
\\Black Boy
Now a rather controversial pub name, records of ‘Black Boy’ inns go back at least 250 years. There are four potential origins of the name – and no-one’s really sure which is the real explanation! The pub could be named after:
a character with skin darkened by their work, like chimney sweeps or miners covered in soot or coal-dust.
King Charles II, who was nicknamed ‘Black Boy’ by his mother, Henrietta Maria of France because of his dark hair and complexion. The name was adopted by Charles’ supporters fighting for the restoration of the Monarchy in the 1650s. Inns using the Black Boy name were possibly declaring their royalist allegiance against Oliver Cromwell’s parliamentarians.
The least watertight etymology is that they’re named after local dark-coloured shipping signals, the name being a misspelling of Black Buoy.//
Canary and Sandy sorry but your views are way off the mark unless you think it's sill 1960. I dont know a single Black Boy pub in my area of South West England and non whites are not treated like ***. I think Spungle is more likely to have highlighted the main reason, they are not into that western culture plus taking part in what is a very middle class pastime.
Peter Hitchens has the answer ...
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