Common racist comments you hear in 2023?

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Compared to 30 years ago, how is racism different today?

For me, racism terms such as the n word p word are less used than they were 30 years ago. However, people have looked at other avenues. See comments below.

1. "You have a chip over your shoulder" every time someone mentions racism or their lived experience it goes straight to denial mode. You are blamed for your lived experiences and told to get over it and how UK is not racist.

2. "The UK abolished slavery. slavery was a long time ago." Every time someone tries to put forward a view of reparations of people who are still suffering from the effects of slavery they are shut down. "that was a long time ago we have changed and evolved."

3. "I feel like a foreigner in my own country." Which is probably one of the most stupid statements considering that over 80 percent of the population is white. I always answer if you feel like a foreigner how do minorities feel?

4. "name the racists" commonly said for Megan Markle that she should name the racists she claimed in the Royal family. But lets be honest if you did that the other person in whatever circumstance would just deny it and ultimately you will not be believed and be called someone who plays the race card and tarnishing other people's careers.

5. "Why do black people have their own spaces if white people had it we would be accused of racism" This is commonly said by the same people who are not as vocal when other groups have their own space e.g. women, LGBT groups etc.. It just seems like whenever black people have their own space people have to put them down. Take Ngozi Fulani the media made it seem she was the bad person people argued why her charity helps black people suffering from domestic abuse. Sad how she was forced out Sistah Space due to the abuse she faced but the media never mention that and the racism she had to face.

6. "Racism exists in all communities" this is another common one used and is a whataboutery technique. We have seen this with people like Kanye, KSI recently but what people forget there was a lot of criticism from the black community with their actions. So to suggest the black community or any other community does not do anything about racism is for the birds.

7. "My best friend is black" This is something you would hear from the EDL or Britain First. But you would be surprised how often you hear this by a lot of people. Just because your friend or relative is black, Muslim, Asian etc does not mean you cannot be racist. Even if you are a white mother and your child is mixed race does not mean you cannot be racist. It is baffling how a lot of people seem to forget this and think that my saying I cannot be racist because of this automatically means they cannot.

Its interesting to compare how quickly Naga was thrown under the bus by the BBC for answering a question on racism, vs the speed at which they appeared to have addressed the Huw and 'inappropriate behaviour' issue.

People are starving in Africa when a child doesn't want to eat food.

My mum used to say that to me because 'waste is a sin'. I always used to think "well, send it to them then!". I would not have dared say it out loud!

Interesting thing regarding Scofield and Huw they get given a pass by the media when they have mental health issue. When it is Megan Markle she is definitely a liar that was the narrative that was spun. When it is Muslim criminals they cannot be mentally ill they are doing it for Islam. Double standards is absolutely disgusting how some people get a pass and others do not. Do not start with the apology culture knife crime in London "what are black people doing about it" Muslim terrorists "where is the Muslim community why don't they speak out." When Me Too perpetrators were mostly white men no one ever says "why are the white community not speaking out."

you know if this was on the main board the first response to your post would be.

-Stop making everything about race. I don't see colour, I see people...

Closely followed by

-What about Trans people why are you not angry about them...

The double standards are glaringly obvious. Day in. Day out. It's just exhausting.

I agree it would be called a Muslim grooming phenomenon but not when its white men.

Defending a Hitler quote has to be a new low surely for WFWR?

I can't go on FWR they are in bed with anyone who is anti trans including obvious Nazis. It gives me the rage.

I have had the misfortune to see some of the threads on there. I just do not go there anymore. They are just obsessed with trans women, in a really unpleasant way and there is so much racism on there. I find it very negative.

And yet, Brits aren’t as racist.. 🙄

And yet, Brits aren’t as racist.. 🙄

Yeah right. Some of these people are so sure of that fact@PinotGroggio . I do not need to ask if they are a poc.

Sorry I quoted the wrong poster, that was meant for @phoenixrosehere .

Yep and it’s the very history they often use to moan about how racist the States is.

I really question the logic.

Too busy being racist themselves and ignoring the fact that the civil rights movements paved the way for other groups, including women and those with disabilities. The feminist movement adopted practices from the civil rights movement to advance their cause.

I'm gender critical and even I find those threads too much! I care about maintaining safe spaces for women and access to women's sports etc but I can't bring myself to care if a cosmetics company pays a trans influencer to flog their new lip gloss or if Dr Who's companion is trans.

And the way they praise even the most right-wing commentators is quite disturbing. These people don't care about women, they're usually just plain homophobic! But when you point that out it becomes "well I don't have to agree with them on everything"? Yet Black women are derided unless they are anything less than 100% perfect. I think only Michelle Obama meets the high standards of MN white feminism.

I agree @phoenixrosehere. I just find it really annoying when some of those posters forcefully assert that Britain is so much more tolerant than America. Sure they were not lynching black people here. But they have been harming black people ever since they have been here, in one form, or another. That is before we even begin to talk about the Police. Honestly if they were all armed, I see no reason to believe that we would be any different to America, in the amount of black people that lose their lives to the Police.

@PinotGroggio You forgot about Kemi Badenoch, who they seem to want to praise🤔. I will just stay clear going forward because some of the views there I find are intolerable. They may care about women, but that does not include woc that is for sure.

Oh yes @LadyKenya how could I forget their "goddess" Kemi? I bet even Candace Owens has some fans on there!

It boggles the mind how eager many British people are to whitewash away any acknowledgment of racism now.

Guess when this was said of elite athlete Marcel Desailly on an open mic on ITV?

“A fucking lazy thick N——r”

2004

It never ends.

As far as I am concerned, the only progress from my 1970s childhood when the above was said publicly, openly and in our faces along with being beaten up and arson attacked to 2004 and today, is these things are now said after a quick glance to ensure we dont overhear what these racists really think.

It’s so poorly disguised and I think it’s utter contempt that when we say we see the racism- the response is feigned shock and often sarcastic denial.

And don’t get me started on the institutional racism- that’s much worse.

Yeah! That would not surprise me at all.

Yes it is tiresome@HadalyEve . The constant racism that raises its ugly head, totally invisible to the majority. But hey, they are the ones doing it, so I should not expect anything different, their aggressive denials, and shows of effrontery.

For me was Dilynn Roof marscaring people in an historic black church in Charleston. A church built by a freed slave who won the lottery and used the money to build a church and buy his freedom. The church was then used for creating movements to rebel and end slavary.

It's not accosidence that Dilynn roof was arrested and taken to McDonald instead of killed.

You're not Caribbean, you're quiet", is a sentence I hear far too often from people (work colleagues, neighbours, acquaintances etc). 🙄

This usually gets followed by people trying to speak Jamaican patois, (" Yeh mon!" "Wa gwaan!") and butcher sing a Bob Marley song. 😂

It's so endearing isn't it...🙄 Do you get the casual weed references too? Usually as they extend their hand to touch your 'amazing' hair.

Oh my goodness, how cringy!

I work somewhere that seems to have only discovered racism exists after George Floyd was murdered and one of the senior managers, a white man, is very fond of giving presentations where he quotes Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King or Bob Marley 😬