@herecomesthsun
I think the racists are a small (but embarrassing) minority.
I sadly don’t agree with this.
Racism is a very significant part of our society, people with a non-British sounding name are less likely to be interviewed for a job. People who aren’t white are more likely to be arrested, they’re also more likely to received a more significant punishment compared to white people. We can’t drive nice cars without the worry of being pulled over, if we do get pulled over we can be arrested for having lipbalm in our car.
We’re more likely to be victims of stop and search, I have been stopped and searched multiple times, not a single search has actually been legal. If you are white, how many times have you been stopped and searched by the police? My white husband has never been stopped, my white ex was offered assistance by the police to protect him from me while I was being searched, because you know, brown people are dangerous.
This is just the racism that the police and businesses encourage. You then add in the wonderful general public, the ones who like to shout P, or the ones who wouldn’t date a insert race here (but yeah I’m totally not a racist), the ones who speak loudly and slowly because we’re obviously thick, the ones who beat us up, the ones who ban their sons or daughters from being friends with one of us, or worse for dating one of us. When you walk into a restaurant and they say they’re full, but when your white husband asks the same they suddenly have a table for two, when waiters serve and take orders from all the white people on your table first (a surprisingly common thing).
When the olympics literally bans black athletes from wearing appropriate swimcaps.
When healthcare isn’t designed for you, so you don’t receive appropriate treatment, or you don’t get enough pain relief because black people are tough, or you’re told you’re losing your sight because there is dark pigment at the back of your eye, because the doctor seems to think all humans are white.
Black women are aggressive for merely existing.
Racism is part of daily life. Racism doesn’t have to mean being called an N, or a P or having your head kicked in.
Racist fans sending tweets etc won’t be the only ones who are racist, there will be many many more who hold those views.