As opposed to his comments the previous week when he referred to the actions of the BLM protestors as "Thuggery" without labelling the perpetrators.

But you weren’t talking about seasonal jobs. You said year round employment. I’m suggesting Cornwall adopts the London model. Of course it will mean abandoning traditional attitudes and way of life but that’s apparently a good thing.

English Heritage are reviewing the blue plaques in London for “problematic connotations” one of those under investigation is Field Marshall Montgomery. Seems his efforts at fighting actual fascism don’t outweigh his views on colonialism.

Originally posted by Mapletree
So let's just try one time to get the point across

In my nice, organised, reasonably well-off world I see very little friction. The minority groups around me all get along and I don't hear of them getting any real negative effect from being in a minority. I guess most people on here come from a reasonably educated, well heeled and 'safe' environment. If you go probing you will probably find some example of when people have suffered some kind of disadvantage - and for minorities you are probably always a little more worried than for the majority.

Then try talking to those not from your demographic. The difference is stark. Constant problems and issues related partly to race and partly to housing class which often overlaps with race. This particularly affects schooling, housing and employment.

It doesn't take much looking into if you own Mr Google. You just have to know to go looking. So listen to some of your minority friends before writing this stuff off.

In any case, even if it were overblown (which I don't think it is) what's the harm in a regular reminder that we should always seek to be fair to all and make sure everyone has a leg up if they need it?

Edited by Mapletree (15 Jun 2020 12.15pm)

I agree with a lot of what you are saying here insofar as those with decent jobs integrate without a problem and the interactions with the rest of the population is generally convivial. What you go on to describe is the poverty gap which is countrywide and not restricted to race. Wherever there are poor areas of a City there are problems which are tough to resolve. I am not disputing there are issues but I don’t see that they are solely related to racism. There are plenty of white families with identical problems.

This all just demonstrates what some of us have been saying for years.
It only takes a relatively small minority to affect our politics significantly.
You see it in London and now you are seeing it nationwide. It is not just about election time but about the ever increasing levels of political expediency in the shape of kowtowing to ever increasing and increasingly unreasonable demands fro minority groups that we now see on a weekly basis.

I expect this kind of stuff from Labour but the Tories are reaching a new low for pandering.
Both parties desperate to claim that any objection from the majority is 'far right' and 'racist'.

The real underlying problem are the white liberals....most of whom are hypocrites anyway.

John Lennon's 'Imagine' song was recorded nearly fifty years ago....This is their belief system. These morons have been running the systems for generations.

This is their society and all the mess and discord within it comes from their half baked and non workable ideas and policies.

Yet they point at those whites without power and blame them.

Edited by Stirlingsays (15 Jun 2020 7.39pm)

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