Is this racism?

Translation: “I cannot actually think of an intelligent response and I also jumped the shark in assuming”.

Ha ha. You are so out of date. Wake up. Guilt trip ride officially ended.

@JHound not worth my time. Not intelligent enough.

No it’s not. It isn’t very nice but white people can’t claim racism when white supremacy is still the default.

An all black pub in Shropshire???

It could have been racism but it could also have been because you’re a woman (or both). I’ve had a big problem with men trying to shove in front of me at the Waitrose deli. I just don’t let them.

It doesn’t belong on the list. Nobody is entitled to a partner and adding it to the list suggests that men are.

People can be as selective as they like when it comes to who they choose to be romantically intimate with. Those same men will have physical criteria they reject women for.

It does not belong on the list. (And I extend that to ALL reasons that people may choose who they will and will not have sex with so now you look foolish.)

All 3 of them moaned to the OP about lack of staff but then later on, just 2.

And she still hasn't mentioned the result of the CCTV request.

But as long as some people are arguing now on the thread, I guess it's all good.

Oh come on it’s a frequent occurrence and has been since the year dot. People can be gits no matter what race you are.

My DH who is white British, was told to leave a pub by a black guy in Shropshire.

His precise words were:

“We don’t like no milk in our coffee here.”

That IS racism.

I will say the story in OP clearly does not appear to have occurred given how often it is changing.

It’s true, no short young men are suffering emotional pain from heightism. Only poc can suffer from discrimination.

if you refuse to date someone because they are a poc, that’s an abomination.

if you refuse to date someone because of their height, that’s fine.

you seem To know what you’re talking about. In upside down land.

Sky News had a recent TV piece and they went to a local area and asked a bunch of young school kids how they managed to sneak and stay up late to watch the game. Dunno where in London they were but all the children were black (there were about 4 or 5 spoken to).

The comments were an absolute shit show.

I didn't back down and got served first and stared them and the man out to show I wasn't being intimidated

In your original post you said you were intimidated and shaken up. You got over it quickly if you were squaring up to them, out-argued them to actually get served first and asked the barman to look at the cctv!

Dating preferences don’t belong on this list.

Or…there is no sexism in the UK because it’s worse in other countries!

God almighty.

“Other places are worse” is always a shit argument.

The UK certainly has a tonne of racists as the comments under any UK news article show.

Bellingham is the golden boy at the moment but even Khan has recently called out the amount of racism the non-white English football players have faced online.

So yes other places are certainly worse.

So?

(I will say though I lived in Australia and certainly did not find it any worse than the UK in terms of racism.)

Have you ever experienced straight up dislike of you? Or was it always just racist bigotry?

was your mum fed up of your whining, or was she a racist bigot?

were you rude, obstructive, and dim witted, or were you perfect and your family were racist?

Surely you can see this is a really silly question you're asking Mumsnet though?

You were there, we weren't.

This. The desperation (from some) to paint the UK as a racist country really pisses me right off. It's becoming like white noise now though, because so many examples of racism are brought up that are clearly not racism.

As I said, some people will climb to the top of Mount Everest and back down again to try and find a reason to be offended, and a problem where there isn't one. it must be very exhausting and frustrating being so offended ALL THE TIME. 🙄

And now of course, the OP is claiming that she has been to LOADS of other countries, and the people are sooooooooo much nicer.

@cooooola Tell me you wanted to create a UK bashing thread without telling me you wanted to create a UK bashing thread. 😴

I'm out. CBA.

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The problem is shouting racism over this it ends up like the boy who cried wolf and distracts from genuine racism

You sound very angry, ignorant and hate-filled OP.

I hope you find inner peace one day and stop being so bigoted.

Are you elderly? Because I doubt you know how endemic Agism is. Are you pretty, because otherwise you have no idea the amount of pretty privelege that goes on. Do you have acne? I don’t think you realise how hard it is for acne sufferers to feel included. Do you suffer from female pattern hair loss? Because I don’t think k you’re being fair to all those with such crippling confidence shattered. Do you live as a short man trying to find a girlfriend? Because you don’t seem to realise that heightism is at an all time high.

or.

we’re all humans. Get the f*ck on with it and stop guilt tripping every other bugger.