TheBigMan

I agree - blacks do have a chip on their shoulder.......along with whites, Asians and so on.

So he is correct, he just failed to mention every other toss-piece living here.

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iTrader: (1)

So a lot of people have a chip on their shoulder..... To single out 'Blacks' in a general statement is racist as it suggests prejudice.

TheBigMan

I suppose but this thread is about blacks though.

davegtt

You realise that but others dont, its the world we live in now that Im suprised this thread has lasted as long as it has with the amount of times the word black has been used

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iTrader: (1)

This is a racist statement no matter what the context of the thread. IMHO

davegtt

blimy, this is a thread about "black" people so why should he make a comment regarding other race's? he might have stereotype'd "blacks" but he aint made a raceist comment...

Racism is treating someone differently or unfairly simply because they belong to a different race or culture NOT by making a generalised comment on their race

fatherpierre

Good old racist Scoobynet.

It never fails

davegtt

aye exactly. racist is spouted about way to much for my liking when racism has nothing to do with it.... sign of the times though

Jap2Scrap

There was nothing racist about that statement. Your inference of it was in fact racist.

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iTrader: (1)

He made a sweeping generalisation based on nothing other than a persons race and I would say the comment is derogatory. If that's not racist then my definition of what is racist is wrong.

davegtt

maybe your definition is wrong? for a start he said blacks in the UK. not blacks in general... so the black in the UK is a VERY small minority of the race he is aiming his comment at... so its not a sweeping generalisation of a race....

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iTrader: (1)

maybe it is.

Leslie

Some of the lads who would be included in this scheme were saying yesterday that they were not impressed because being selected for it indicates that they are not intelligent.

Les

davegtt

Thing is, this is done anyhow in the majority of schools. When I went to school we had 10 sets of maths, set 1 to 5. All the brain boxes we're in set 1 and all the thickos or kids who messed about was put into set 5. Then everyone learned at their own capablilities... I see this as no different except they're picking on a particular race which makes it funny coming from a group who want racial equality

Jap2Scrap

He said a lot of black people have chips on their shoulders. Whether the fact is right or wrong is moot, there's nothing inherently racist about saying it because he wasn't stating it at the exclusion of all other races. Simple. You've inferred that he was racist because it's what we've been brought up to believe. I.e. that one cannot say anything detrimental about somebody from a different ethnic group for fear of being deemed racist.

TheBigMan

Anything and everything is "racist" these days depending on how much of a ponse the person making the accusation is.

Dare I say, people trying too hard to be "PC" and holier than thou.

"Black" aint racist. This thread is about blacks. As in people (more than one) with black skin - hence the "s" after the word "black".

Davegtt/Jap2Scrap - we are sooo misunderstood!! I aint racist but I'm not going to tread on egg-shells everytime a "touchy" subject is bought up. People accusing me of racism can stick their opinions up their poo pipe.

Chip

Exactly.

And another thing, why whenever Stephen Lawrence, the poor lad murdered in a terrible racist attack is mentioned on the news,in papers etc is he referred to as the black teenager Stephen Lawrence. Why mention the black bit every time. After all the dont mention white when referring to people like PC Keith Blakelock do they.

Chip

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iTrader: (1)

You say it yourself. One attack was racially motivated and the other wasn't. In that example the colour of his skin is relevant.