Wondering how we can all stand behind & support minorities in this climate.

Baths bombs AND gingerbread men! I can see how that helped ‘the cause’

Yes…that’s how we know they’re scum.

I am white so am a minority here where I live in my London borough. We are largely a fairly tolerant borough although house vast numbers of people often of opposing cultures, sometimes from countries abroad where each was on the other side in wars- sunni, shia, anti and pro Iran, anti China dissidents, supporters of the Chinese state etc. I think it was an NHS GP who lives not too far away who had been involved with Hamas too so a complete mixture of many kinds of people. I think we live fairly peacefully but I have been unhappy about the way some Jewish people have been treated (I am Christian) by some (not all) people on the protests - it has almost been like no go areas for them in London on march days which is not acceptable. Some of the new cultures are not particularly keen on equality for women so we certainly need to keep that in check and ensure women have freedom to walk the streets.

I think this all going to calm down again and the UK will continue to be a good place to live but there is an issue that we have the highest immigration in history and the state should recognise for some people that has a negative impact on eg finding a place to rent etc. This is a simple fact and the Labour manifesto promised to get migration numbers down. Let us see if Starmer lives up to the promise. I was pleased to see he used a Rwanda booked flight recently instead to return people illegally here from Vietnam to Vietnam - that is a good start. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rwanda-scheme-flights-deportation-vietnam-migrants-b2585708.html 46 were returned - that is not very many but if we can keep it up to ensure that if you fail in your application you are then swiftly removed that will help

I am so glad someone said this and I am not alone is thinking this.
People falling over themselves to signal how nice, educated and welcoming they are.
If I were one of the people affected, I would feel rather patronised tbh.

The footage of the councillor says different. I've been in the middle of a crowd of violent 'antifascist' thugs - experience tells me they are definitely not more peaceful, they are exactly the same, it's just being downplayed. As an example, this is the kind of thing women face from them www.brightonandhovenews.org/2024/06/24/women-shelter-in-shop-after-protesters-tail-them-from-rally/

You're quoting the BBC's reporting, and then suggesting that the efforts to reduce misinformation have failed?

There was less unrest last night because the people out in force were antifascists who for the most part are intent on peaceful protest.

The extreme right wing were massively outnumbered. Even they know when there is no point kicking off.

No one is claiming that violence hasn't happened on both sides. However it is absolutely clear which side are more peaceful than the other, and which side have a desire to make their point with violence, intimidation and hate.

There definitely was violence last night - criminal damage like shop windows being smashed and so on, 15 arrests so far being reported by the BBC which will hopefully be treated the same as the other rioters. I think there's a definite push to minimise what went on and the main reason there wasn't more unrest is because luckily there were no other groups to clash with. I thought misinformation was being cracked down on.

I can't describe the relief I feel after last night's display of hope not hate.

Yesterday went well indeed, no violence, peaceful and anti racist. So different from the warnings.
I hope that was the end of the riots and peace and common sense prevails.

We still have a warning for this evening as what was being circulated online yesterday, for my own town this time, but I hope it turns up to be peaceful or nothing.

DH supported minorities tonight by going to an anti racist demonstration (despite being on the list for a hip replacement).

There is no comparison. I am a white British female and I am not remotely afraid, neither am I afraid for my sons and their friends. None of us are afraid to walk the streets unlike my friends who are POC and who are understandably very afraid for their children.

The violent behaviour of POC totally pales in comparison to that of white people.

Go to anti facist demonstrations

Make a donation to an anti racism organisation or one that supports refugees & asylum seekers

Educate your children not to be ignorant racists

If you're in an area where small independent businesses have been destroyed or mosques attacked, help with the clean up efforts

That all happened in one evening in one place. It was horrific behaviour and I hope they face the full force of the law. You can not compare one evening to what's been happening over the last week in terms of the racist riots. Innocent black and brown men being pulled from their cars and being beaten up, not being allowed to drive down the street because of their skin colour, Muslim graves being vandalised, petrol poured of Muslim women who were told they'd be set alight, a young boy in Northern Ireland attacked by ten people and left with facial disfigurement. Oh and today at my work place there were racist stickers with razor blades behind them.

Do you know there are 100 far right "protests" planned tonight alone?! Many more at the weekend. I know black and Asian people who are simply too scared to go to work.

@Milkyway1213 - thank god someone else has seen what I’ve seen.
I live by Heartlands and I was terrified. My son is 16 at the weekend and he and his older brothers were going to Drayton Manor on their own.
I can’t allow that now. They are virtually under house arrest - I am scared to let them out. They are both autistic and not street wise.

Why is everyone on here pretending that the Muslim men are not rioting with swords and machetes. They chased the Sky news team away and slashed the tyre of their van.

That white man being beaten up by the mob at the Clumsy Swan.

This is all on video - not making the news much though.

I am white British. I am afraid for my children.

I don't want to derail this thread but, just by writing " don't jump on the genocide/ apartheid bandwagon", you are, in fact, lumping every Pro Palestine marchers together, assuming that we are all biased.
I have extensively read about the start of this "war", both in French and English.
I am well informed, thank you.
As I am from a very, very small minority myself, I stand with other minorities and the large majority of the UK to denounce any form of racism. I hope you do too.

Can you send this to the police?

I think this is a great idea. It would make me feel that people actually care.

Your post actually to a certain extent supports some of the concerns of a large proportion of Brits. We should be questioning why the medical profession is so reliant on migrant workers. Why have we not been training more, as you put it, home grown staff be they black white or anything else. Is there a high rate of staff leaving and if so how do we stop it.

The NHS isn't underfunded, it is poorly managed and burdened with PFI debts, the brainchild of John Major and serious love child of Tony Blair and his self serving friends.

During the early 2000's many home grown tradesmen packed in due to undercutting on jobs by Eastern European migrants. Their arrival did hold wages down in many sectors like you described as well as hospitality and similar.

Farm labour by Eastern Europeans. They were worked like slaves under the control of gangmasters. They did live in appaling conditions and they did get far below the minimum wage. The only winners there again were gangmasters and wealthy landowners.

This is all such disgusting behaviour, clearly just an excuse to cause chaos and commit acts of violence for alot of people (but I suppose at least it brings them out of the woodwork so the police knows who to monitor!).

I work as a nurse in a busy hospital and for the majority of shifts I am not only the only white member of staff Im also the only 'home grown' one! Then there are the Drs, physios, pharmacists, technicians, etc.
The entire health service in this country would be crippled without immigration!

Even alot of unskilled labour or practical jobs seem to rely on a foreign workforce. For example seasonal fruit picking and alot of trades (every third tradesmen around here seems to be eastern european!!LOL).

Presumably if these people get injured in their 'protesting' (cough-looting-cough) then they will expect those immigrants to take care of them, will they!?

I had the same dilemma about a colleague of mine. It felt patronising to point out what was going on but at the same time I wanted to make sure it wasn’t ignored. In the end I said to him something brief eg. We have seen the news, we are appalled, and you have our support if needed. Left it up to him if he wanted to talk about it further (he did, and had a good chat)

Are you in the same building or online?
If in the same building, I think it would be lovely to just pop in and check that they are looking their normal self.
If online, our work place has sent a general email and encourage people to talk about it.
If I had a chatty relationship with them, I would email them too.

I think the police will already be aware. That looks like it has been taken off one of the Far Right on line groups, can't remember what it's called, that you have to be a member of.

The media have been talking about these groups and saying this is how the riots are being organised.

I assume it has also been shared with the local police so they can identify and take action?