By racism are we talking about White British people being racist towards everybody who is not White British or other races that are racist to each other, not including people who are white British? Racism is racism no matter what you're colour of skin is but it seems to me that what has been written above is aimed at only white people.
I take that as Rome wasn't built in a day. Yes there is a lot of work ahead, but that only adds to my thoughts that the EU was too closely involved in our day to day lives.
SimonC - I couldn't disagree more strongly with what you say.
I'll put here what the NAACP is trying to achieve.
Its aims are: to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.
The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution - the principal objectives of the Association shall be:
To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights
To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.
-- I'll leave anyone else to make up their own mind if an organisation committed to equality for all, and the ending of discrimination based on racial grounds, can in any fair assessment be called racist.
simonc- don't you think these aims are laudable? And don't you think it a shame (in both meanings of the word) that in this day and age, those aims are still so far from being achieved?
If there has been such a monumental rise in racist behaviour, why hasn't there or why isn't there much more reporting on it? There were various reports for about the first few days after the vote but then nothing. Racism has always existed, every race is as equally racist to each other and that has nothing to do with Brexit.
NEoldiron, are you using the above as proof that racist behaviour has risen because of Brexit? I think you need to find another article as this doesn't actually proof anything.
NEoldiron, are you using the above as proof that racist behaviour has risen because of Brexit? I think you need to find another article as this doesn't actually proof anything.
Well, besides the few examples given in that article, it does include the following fact:
Devon and Cornwall Police revealed that there has been a rise in the number of hate crimes being reported across the force area.
They don't ascribe a cause. That might require more research and a bit of deduction....
Frankly, here in the USA - the fact that the Conservative party supports socialized medicine and gun control, those stances alone would classify them as liberal.
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" 'Leavers £350m a week to be spent on NHS' scanned well as well"
The difference there being that that is a blatant lie ;lol
I never saw that at all, very droll ;lol
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/department-for-brexit-theresa-may_uk_579f6339e4b0f42daa4ac9a6?ib8caysyjopxk1emi&utm_hp_ref=uk&cps=gravity_7566_78202453414705700
This has to be one of the weirdest comparisons ever.
https://next.ft.com/content/70614aee-4e82-11e6-8172-e39ecd3b86fc
I'll put here what the NAACP is trying to achieve.
Its aims are:
to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.
The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution - the principal objectives of the Association shall be:
To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights
To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.
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I'll leave anyone else to make up their own mind if an organisation committed to equality for all, and the ending of discrimination based on racial grounds, can in any fair assessment be called racist.
simonc- don't you think these aims are laudable? And don't you think it a shame (in both meanings of the word) that in this day and age, those aims are still so far from being achieved?
http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2016/06/how-the-united-kingdom-voted-and-why/
Their agenda for what they publish is set by what will sell more papers or get more hits.
So if you want me to believe there hasn't been a rise (not sure anyone said it was 'monumental') you'll need some other evidence.
And we aren't talking about racism, but racist behaviour, as you mention.
http://www.westbriton.co.uk/why-are-you-still-here-we-voted-out-so-out-you-ing-go-brexit-race-hate-incidents-in-cornwall/story-29576748-detail/story.html
NEoldiron, are you using the above as proof that racist behaviour has risen because of Brexit? I think you need to find another article as this doesn't actually proof anything.
Devon and Cornwall Police revealed that there has been a rise in the number of hate crimes being reported across the force area.
They don't ascribe a cause. That might require more research and a bit of deduction....
Billy ;lol
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/justin-madders/nhs-privatisation_b_11388948.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/chuka-umunna/vote-leave-watch-uk-economy_b_11294550.html
By what defniton of 'extreme left wing'?
Sad but true