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Racism against white people?

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  • 21-12-2015 4:02pm
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    ComfortKid
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    Just seen on Sky News that they have a sporting awards ceremony for black people or non white people. Imagine if we had the White Sports Person awards!
    We always hear how they want equality, then have non white sports awards?

    http://bedsa.co.uk/about-bedsa/

    Anyone else have a problem with this?


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    c_man
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    http://bedsa.co.uk/about-bedsa/

    White, black, brown, yellow, doesn't matter to me. I hate all the brits equally.


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    DarkyHughes
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    There seems to be a thread on here every week now moaning about how black people moan about racsism.


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    #4
    RayM
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    "Racism against white people" - The only form of racism some people care about. Tellingly.


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    NomadicGray
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    DarkyHughes wrote: »
    There seems to be a thread on here every week now moaning about how black people moan about racsism.

    They have to move on eventually, Darky


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    Austria!
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    At least when I don't win at black award ceremonies I don't feel as aggrieved.


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    ComfortKid
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    This isn't moaning about racism. It's an award ceremony for Non white sports people.

    How can they get away with this and cry for equality at the same time.


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    BrokenArrows
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    Yes its complete hypocrisy but it happens in all walks of life where there has been a previous injustice, whether real or perceived, whether its race or gender.

    There are plenty of black only awards (Or any other ethnicity).
    There are plenty of women only awards.
    Actually there are plenty of Women only events full stop.

    But basically it shouldn't bother you because it doesn't effect you.


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    ComfortKid
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    BrokenArrows wrote:
    But basically it shouldn't bother you because it doesn't effect you.


    It does affect me. I am being discriminated, I can not win this award because of my skin colour


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    Stheno
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    It does affect me. I am being discriminated, I can not win this award because of my skin colour

    Seriously? do you really care that much?


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    El Guapo!
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    It does affect me. I am being discriminated, I can not win this award because of my skin colour

    And I can't win the paralympics because of these 2 damn legs I was born with.

    Oh well.


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    RayM
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    It does affect me. I am being discriminated, I can not win this award because of my skin colour

    Didn't you recently call for all Muslims to be exterminated? I'm not sure that people like you should be taken seriously when they talk about discrimination, tbh.


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    ComfortKid
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    Stheno wrote:
    Seriously? do you really care that much?


    It wouldn't bother me as much if we are allowed be racist aswell. Can you imagine a whites only event..


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    eviltwin
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    It wouldn't bother me as much if we are allowed be racist aswell. Can you imagine a whites only event..

    Grow up ffs.


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    ComfortKid
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    eviltwin wrote:
    Grow up ffs.


    Right so when the blacks are being discriminated against, we'll just tell them to grow up, that'll work.


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    Zebra3
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    It's racism. Simple as that.


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    wakka12
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    Do you honestly care or feel offended by the fact that theres an awards ceremony that celebrates the unrecognised talents of ethnic minorities ? The answer is you don't and that answers the question of whether racism against white exists, which it does not

    Racism causes marginalisation and discrimination. This awards show doesn't place you in a more degraded position in our society, it allows minorities to be recognised for their talents and efforts without affecting your rights or recognition of your talents, that is it. It is only a good thing


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    Virgil°
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    El Guapo! wrote: »
    And I can't win the paralympics because of these 2 damn legs I was born with.

    Oh well.

    There we have it lads, being any colour except white is a disability. Mod says so. :)


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    eviltwin
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    Right so when the blacks are being discriminated against, we'll just tell them to grow up, that'll work.

    So you think this event is comparable to the racism that some people have to deal with on a regular basis? Really??


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    RayM
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    It wouldn't bother me as much if we are allowed be racist aswell. Can you imagine a whites only event..

    Do you resent not being "allowed" to be racist?


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    Billy86
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    This isn't moaning about racism. It's an award ceremony for Non white sports people.

    How can they get away with this and cry for equality at the same time.
    This from the guy calling for ethnic cleansing...


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    super_furry
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    Right so when the blacks are being discriminated against, we'll just tell them to grow up, that'll work.

    So you think that having an awards ceremony for black people is comparable to the same discrimination that they have faced over the last centuries, and continue to face today?


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    timthumbni
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    I like my men like I take my coffee..... Hot and Black. . Big shoutout to airplane for that one.


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    c_man wrote: »
    White, black, brown, yellow, doesn't matter to me. I hate all the brits equally.

    Nice knowing you. :(


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    #25
    Potential-Monke
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    It is racism, but there's a difference. We don't take it to heart like some other races would. I'm not saying they don't have a reason to be, racism is still alive and well, and the "white people" don't usually have centuries of slavery and oppression to fall back to. But i really think that in this day and age there should be no such thing as racism. Let people call other people what they want, it's the overly sensitive that get upset over it. Again, i've no problem with those who still face racism on a daily basis, but it's the ones who never face racism but still shout the racism card when something isn't going their way that bothers me.

    And, even though it's not recognised as a form of racism, being ginger gets similar reactions. I'm not calling for it to be recognised as a form of racism/whatever it would be called, but ask nearly any ginger how they were treated in school. I got bullied for being ginger, had a fight nearly every day because i had different hair color to most people. Yeah, it upset me greatly. I remember being told that on the first day of secondary school i was going to be put into a bin because i was ginger. It didn't happen, and as time went on i learned to embrace it and turn it back on people. I still get the ginger insults today, but it doesn't affect me anymore, because i know it's just people trying to be funny.

    Yeah, it's not the same as the racism some non-white people get, but it ticks the boxes for racism (Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person's social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics). No, i'm not comparing being ginger to the racism received by non-white people, but you have to admit that they share similar characteristics.

    But people need to move on, and each incident needs to be treated as such. There should not be black only awards, just like there shouldn't be white only awards.


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    kettlehead
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    wakka12 wrote: »
    Do you honestly care or feel offended by the fact that theres an awards ceremony that celebrates the unrecognised talents of ethnic minorities ? The answer is you don't and that answers the question of whether racism against white exists, which it does not

    Racism causes marginalisation and discrimination. This awards show doesn't place you in a more degraded position in our society, it allows minorities to be recognised for their talents and efforts without affecting your rights or recognition of your talents, that is it. It is only a good thing

    Racism against whites doesn't exist? Are you taking the piss?


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    smash
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    Can you be nominated if you black face?


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    #28
    Potatoeman
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    I refuse to have guilt placed on me because people of the same skin clour enslaved people in the past. Slavery was common in Europe before African slaves were sold by their own people.


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    #29
    kettlehead
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    Are there white sports/music/beauty awards in predominantly non white countries?


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    jobbridge4life
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    It does affect me. I am being discriminated, I can not win this award because of my skin colour

    Because otherwise you'd definitely be in with a chance of a sports award.

    You are being ridiculously simplistic. The existence of one award recognising minority achievement in sports does not amount to discrimination when there are countless others that you can enter. Just like you are not the victimisation of straightphobia because one nightclub out of the hundreds in dublin is gay for instance.


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    kettlehead
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    Instead of calling it a white awards event, which sounds very American, then call it an awards event for Native Britons/Irish/Polish/Swedish/Danish etc. As the other ethnic groups have no quarrel othering themselves and celebrating their own achievements, them I'm sure they would have no issues with the indigenous people celebrating their own achievements too.


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