To agree with a 15 year old questioning why the white race can’t control their alcohol intake

[cashmygold]

A very close friend of mine is a Humanities specialist in an inner-city multi-ethnic secondary school. This academic year she has been permitted to teach PSHE (Personal Social Heath Education).

Last night we had dinner at her place and she started to tell me about a conversation that was sparked by a 15year old girl of African origin in a lesson on Friday, which was about ?The effects of alcohol?.
Pupil: Why can?t the majority of the white race control themselves when it comes to alcohol.

Teacher: Can you try and expand on what your?re saying maybe give some examples.

Pupil: When I?ve watched programmes on telly documenting Brits abroad, booze Britain, cop shows etc, you always see white people drinking to the extreme and causing more work for the police, damage to council property (criminal damage, urinating in shop entrances, vomiting, fighting etc) , disturbing the peace and the occasional flash of their bums. Why can?t they handle their drink.

AIBU, because I feel that the girl highlighted some salient points which I somehow agree with. Growing up I always saw white teenagers drinking on street corners and I have never been asked by a kid of any other race to go into a shop and buy some alcohol for them.

Furthermore, when am out with my friends from various races, its always the my white counterparts who all of a sudden develop social shyness and need a drink before they can get on the dance floor or speak to the opposite sex....WHY!!!

Apparently the pupil went on to say that an elder in her community used a analogy of a werewolf to describe alcohol and white people. In the day they are normal law abiding citizens, then at night they switch into a uncontrollable wolf looking to cause devastation.

Now I know this isn?t true of all white people but does seem to be a typical feature.

[perfumedlife]

I am Scottish, first and foremost, I was born and live in Scotland

Your friend is British, with African Heritage as her family hail from there.
You don't say she is Black, it doesn't tell us much about her origins atall. Just as white doesn;t tell anyone I am Scottish.

[Georgimama]

Africa is a continent not a country. And lots of people from countries in Africa are white; some are of Asian descent, such as in Kenya. So saying "this girl is African" tells us nothing.

[mamadiva]

I am a white person of Scottish/British nationaility... can never decide :o

I am not a person of white race.

White race sounds a bit Nazi to me TBH.

[WriterofDreams]

Knowing that I'm Irish tells you a whole hell of a lot more about me than the fact that I'm white. You know where I grew up, in what context, and, relevant to this thread, what the prevailing attitude to alcohol tends to be in my culture.

[ISNT]

Well it's clearly ludicrous to say that the majority of people in the world who have white skin have alcohol problems, and that all the people in the world who have non white skin never have alcohol problems.

What a load of tosh.

[scottishmummy]

being scottush i like deep fried mars bar,electric soup,and battering sassenachs

whits fir ye will nae go by ye

[mamadiva]

Scottish I have no idea what you just said, I am obviously not Scots enough ;o

[scottishmummy]

want to fight about it or hae a bevvy?

[2shoes]

imo it becomes racist when you lump a whole race of people together.

[cashmygold]

My point has obviously been grossly misinterpreted. Us whites are in such a priviledge position in this country, that the minute anything is mentioned that threatens this position, your are deemed a racist. Or ppl come out with other examples regarding other races to make themself feel better. Oppression in the highest form.

e.g.
booze britain, brits abroad- well blk and and asains are just as bad.

why undermine other races. Just accept that britain people of white decent control their alcohol intake the least

[scottishmummy]

like sean connery i can only do scottish accent

[ISNT]

But you can't explore the question of the majority of the white people in the world are troublesome alcoholics, while all the non white people in the world are untroubled by problems with alcohol.

Because it's rubbish, it's a non question.

[2shoes]

"us whites"
ffs you really are priceless

[mamadiva]

Needafootmassage- I can't speak for everyone else but the reason it annoys me is the fact the OP worded it completely arsey and put out there the fact we are one race and therefore we are all drunken twats.

Noone has actually said white people do not have a problem just that it's not that black and white (scuse the pun) certain places i.e Britain do seem to have a lot of problems regarding drink but then there are also a lot of different races and colour mixed into that so to stereotype that one colour seems wrong to me anyway.

[Georgimama]

But you are still overlooking the fact that "white" is not a race.

[cashmygold]

White race sounds a bit Nazi to me TBH.

totally out of context now.

[tethersend]

cashmygold, the clue is in the titles you reference: booze brits, brits abroad. Black and Asian people can be- and are brits too.

Make your mind up as to whether you are talking about race or nationality please.

[BonniePrinceBilly]

But OP is quite clearly not exploring any issues. She is shitstirring and talking bollocks.
Comments like:
"You go to any town centre next friday night....the point will be duely illistrated"

Really? Every white person will be falling down drunk and anyone non-white will be standing around tutting?

[WhereYouLeftIt]

"Just accept that britain people of white decent control their alcohol intake the least"

And your evidence for that would be ....?

[scottishmummy]

dont think op goes much for book learning or finking.but doesnt let that stop her havering on