Racism in the UK in 2011

[JamesMio]

Originally Posted by G

I would wager that being country bumpkin, you may not experience it as much as others.

A fair point, diluted slightly by me originating from Liverpool and spending 4 years living in Edinburgh, but a reasonably accurate of many around these parts.

Not a problem to me if they accept that this is our country and integrate into society------if they don't then it is not me that has racist undertones

P.S If a Scotsman is a Jock,Irishman a Paddy and a Welshman a Taffy why cant I call a Pakistani a
Paki

basicly i dont care, if your a **** i'll call you a ****, if your sound i'll have a pint with you, ive worked with mates from all over ,jamica, napal, fiji , pakistan ,some ive liked some ive thought were ******s, if you did your job fine if ya didnt feck off

now for the giggle "im a ethnic minority" lmao yes im a paddy a imagrant to this fair isle, my people have suffered racism to a mass scale (70's 80's 90's) and you know what who gives a ****, ive been treated fairly well here and have made a life for myself, i dont pull the race/creed card cos i thing its bull and bandered about far to easily, tbh i think if people stopped banging on about it so much it would lessen

i dont care what colour you are or what deyity you worship i will eat ,drink or fight you depending on the situation, because lets be honest no race colour or creed as stamped out some people needing a slap

Im not racist, im viewist.

[carelesschucca]

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

P.S If a Scotsman is a Jock,Irishman a Paddy and a Welshman a Taffy why cant I call a Pakistani a
Paki

I've always thought that!!! But lets be honest they're all forms of racism... But then I'm happy to say I'm a Scot coming from Scotland, and doesn't stan translate to land... just a though

Me personnally I'm not racist, I'm a misogynist, specially if they're in the armed forces and pregnant. Suppose they're the ones that keep me in a job and gainfully employed.

Originally Posted by Bri w

Is racism a problem in the UK in 2011? Yes.

Is it specific to any age group, i.e. under 35/over 35? No.

My sister was adopted in by my parents in 1964. She's Asian, and all through school I saw at first hand all aspects of it. Being 5 yrs older than her I left school first, and went away to uni, at which point the level of Racism escalated further - it was sorted when I returned for the summer.

Down through the years I've continued to see it, and hear the stories.

I understand what you're saying about it not being age specific, but you've used an example of a school in the 60's & 70's, when racism was rife in this country.

Do you still think that racism is a problem in schools and universities today? I don't mean a very small stupid minority gang that have decided they want to support the BNP, I'm talking about racism to a level where it becomes a problem.

I know for instance that Catholic / Protestant sectarianism is still a problem within schools in some areas, but I was under the impression, rightly or wrongly, that traditional racism against ethnic minority groups, had all but disappeared at that age group.

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

P.S If a Scotsman is a Jock,Irishman a Paddy and a Welshman a Taffy why cant I call a Pakistani a
Paki

Never really understood this, more to the point British = Brits, Australians = Ozzies, Scottish = Scots, so surely Pakistani - Paki is just the same. I asked a Pakistani friend and he said its because in the past Paki has been used as a negative term, personally I cant see how it can be insulting its just a shortened version of the full proper term for someone from Pakistan but if they dont want to be called that then fine.

[Bibio]

i'm not racist i just hate everyone lol

Like I said earlier, IMO attributing racism to language is a load of bull. It's the sentiment behind that language that matters.

I'm not racist I'm choose-ist and i choose not to like whomever.

to me it's PC gone mad anf you can't say this and you can't say that in case somebody gets offended. and most of the time its a whit civil servant assuming that another person will be offended

I've had it all my life and i hate to say it but for me its getting worse. Any complaints I try to make - it ain't racism cos i'm white british and we don't suffer racism - its all in jest!

I'm the first to take digs at the english and still have the perinnal argument of I'm I english or scottish because i sound like neither!.

I have had the race card thrown at me when throwing someone out of my london pub. Of course i wanted him out because he was black and not for throwing a glass at a member of my staff! I do think its a minoirity that think they can throw that card. a lot of the younger ones are not so bothered with it well not round here.

its biggotry we got the problem with and thats never going to go away! Just don't get me on the religious schools!!