To think this youth club are over reacting

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They normally raise for comic relief . Lots of zoom suggestions but they didn’t seem keen . When pushed it basically seems they believe comic relief don’t want help from white people . I saw this in the news regarding sending white celebrities. This seems a massive over reaction and surely the charity do want the money .

Have I got this right:

1. This a youth club whose fundraising you are involved with
2. During a committee meeting or something (via Zoom) they (the committee) have decided by majority decision they won't fundraise for comic relief any longer
3. The reason for the above is because they're under the misapprehension (where from????) that comic relief won't accept donations from white people?

I don’t fundraise with them, but my children go . They normally are really into it . So I the kids where excited. Nothing seemed to come forward. I thought it was because it would be over zoom . At the end of a zoom activity session I hoovered about and that’s why they said . Apparently it’s felt to be inappropriate and unwanted ?! I don’t feel this is the cause and think it’s a huge over reaction

and it seem such a shame because they normally do a lot and raise 2-3 thousand. The kids love it . Also comic relief will need all the help they can get this year with a schools been shut . I know my daughters school normally do a non uniform day for them and I imagine lots of schools will

There were a series of articles a couple of years ago from people criticising Stacey Dooley and others who had been sent over to some of the places supported by Comic Relief by the BBC. The articles were complaining about the so-called “White Saviour” look of over-privileged white people fronting programs about poverty in countries mainly populated by people who didn’t share the same ethnicity as the presenter.
There were even some agreements from MP’s if I recall correctly - so that might be where they have got this impression from. Article here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54716750

Not so much overreacting as being either:

a) Dumb in their Wokeness or

b) So Gammon they think every word in the Daily Mail is true (often there is a lot of overlap between the two groups).

I'd focus on suggeting another worthwhile charity they can have fun raising funds for, rather than arguing with stupid people.

It seems a bit much . I’m wondering if they also can’t be arsed with it been on zoom .
Rubbish for the charity tho as they still need the money as much as ever

@donquixotedelamancha I got the impression he was offended thinking they didn’t want his money !
I’m going to suggest we do something when restrictions ease and we can hopefully meet in the summer

Being shut
Being on zoom

@Catlover77

@Catlover77 I don’t understand what you mean

The word you need to use is ‘being’

Been is the past tense and your sentences do not make sense with ‘been’ in them

@Catlover77

The word you need to use is ‘being’

Been is the past tense and your sentences do not make sense with ‘been’ in them

Excuse me, you've wandered out of Pedant's Corner, it is over there ---->

Leave the OP alone, correcting people like that is bad mannered bullying behaviour.

So just donate some money to comic relief then. What’s the big deal?

Anyway, OP - this to sounds like an unpleasant group of people some of whom have mild racist tendencies which have been aggravated by the recent policy changes announced by Comic Relief.

I'd either argue with them and call them out, or stop having anything to do with the club.

@Catlover77 I didn’t ask for any help with spellings or grammar . Where you trying to help, or do you just lack boundaries and this makes you’re sad life interesting

@FrankGrillosFloof. The kids normally want to be involved and do something . And families are unlikely to donate unless it’s an event

@ChameleonClara they have decided to do something for a local charity in summer when restrictions hopefully lift . I think I will back away tho

did they actually say "from white people"

Or did they say say "inappropriate and unwanted"?

The first is just plain wrong, the second could be open to interpretation as in 'There response to me/us was inappropriate and I felt that our efforts were unwanted'