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

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It is horrendous that there is a climate of fear and that all this far right terrorism is taking place.

are there ways for the general public to give support to minorities who are being targetted?

Everyone who wants to do good anti racism work would do well to read Nova Reid’s book called The Good Ally.

Certainly. But what help will that be to people whose hostel is being deliberately attacked by arsonists? Or whose windows are having bricks thrown at them? Or indeed the police, firefighters and paramedics who are also the target of bricks and other weapons?

But it’s not affecting just “illegal immigrants” (as if that would be justified). Three of my team, black and Asian British born, have expressed their fears about using public transport this week, or to travel long distances to work through cities and towns where there has been disorder. It makes me feel sick thinking about how they must be feeling. We’re lucky enough to be able to be flexible to accommodate their fears and to offer wellbeing support but for those who still have to go out and head into work in places where there are protests, I can’t imagine how they must feel.

The rioters are a group of down-and-outs who don't want anyone of colour in their country. Driven by racism and ignorance, they seized on the tragic death of innocent children as an excuse to further their hateful narrative.

I hope you watched the video of them stopping cars and checking if the drivers were white. If they weren't, they were severely beaten.

Don't worry. Once football season starts in a week or so, they'll all be back home or at Wetherspoons.

Have you thought about why it's young men? Do you think they want to come here to work to support thier family?

Do you think husbands want to risk thier wives and children travelling to this country?

Months ago when someone posted about these I said how I got caught up at Euston (I was travelling to Manchester for work one Saturday) wearing a star of David and got abuse. How I had to go past a security guard to go to the kosher butcher after a local kosher grocery store was attacked by a man with a machete (there's a video and it's terrifying) and was told I was paranoid and imaginging it. Anti-semitism doesn't exist. Or is minor...or is unimportant apparently.

Help with clean up operations.
There are Go Fund Me type things to help people rebuild.
Confront racist fuckwittery spouted by racists. Do not hold back with your disgust.
Keep an eye on your local media.
Be a wee bit friendlier to those groups effected.
Take a zero tolerance approach to racism.

Are you going to put any actual pennies into this? Because none of that will actually stop a racist mob going out tonight to terrorise people from ethnic minorities.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-Ue8i3owMd/?igsh=cXZuZXljZmVlZHU5

Tbh there are antisemitic terrorist-supporting marches weekly where I live and no one has offered any support to the Jewish community who are making sure to be out of the centre of town every Saturday since October. If you want to support minorities, support all minorities being discriminated against. (Obv the far right rallies are also antisemitic but that is not the core focus.)

Actually I am a minority where I live in London but these are always complicated issues.. most people in the UK do not support the violence and more people than not want illegal and lawful immigration tackled as indeed does the Labour and Tory parties- i t was centre stage for all parties at the last election.

This is my biggest bugbear about media coverage of a lot of these demonstrations. It will show the hard line aggressive demonstrator/thugs. But not the regular people also there only asking for voices to be heard. I am pro Palestine not because I hate Jews. But because Israels military treatment of innocent men, women and children is abhorent.

I hope you watched the video of them stopping cars and checking if the drivers were white. If they weren't, they were severely beaten.

Could you post a link to that video please.

Is anyone able to address the question at hand or are you just going to talk about yourselves?

This.

And this.

I had intended to not come back to this thread, but your nasty comments made me want to respond. You are completely out of order implying that I don't care about the little children who were killed. Of course I care, it has really upset me, as it has all of the population no doubt.
I'm also as disgusted as anyone that people have resorted to violence since then, you might want to actually read my posts properly instead of resorting to posting such disgraceful words.

Yes that's exactly my point.its by confronting the racists that we let them know they're not tolerated and it shows people from minorities that they're not alone.
If my ethnic group was being targeted I'd want people of all colours to stand up for me.
I understand that not everyone can protest though.

You're another poster who appears to twist things, where did I say the OP has labelled me?
I didn't. I said Kier Starmer has, and no I don't object to legal immigrants, I never implied that I did, so there's no need for all the questions, I've no need to explain myself to you.

Yes I do know he's not an immigrant, I've already mentioned that.
Which groups? When? Last night in Birmingham, have you not seen the footage?
Google it. Although, you probably have I guess, but just won't come back on here to say so.

The 'vast majority' of people at the protest were NOT causing any trouble at all. Stop taking things out of context.

I've said previously, in Birmingham. Are you being deliberately goady? In fact, don't bother with your know it all response, I won't be engaging with you again, it's a waste of my time.

I implied nothing.

I made no comment as to whether you care or not, so be as disgusted as you like.

I stated- your 'protests', the very ones you are supporting, have drowned out reporting on the murders - FACT.

I've reported your post, what is it you don't get? I shall spell it out for you, a TINY minority of people are the troublemakers, most people have tried to protest peacefully.
I have also said many a time that the troublemakers should be locked up and that I don't condone violence.