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In response to 'to think some mumsnetters have a problem with blackwomen

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Fatshedra · 27/09/2019 03:01

MN could make a rule that all threads about people in the limelight that the poster hasn't met in their life and is never going to meet in their life and is therefore making judgements on on the strength of their race, what they read about them or their family in the DM, some other spurious feeling or nonsensical judgement of them, should be moved to a people in the limelight thread which sensible people who don't have inexplicable dislike or hatred can easily ignore. So all the biased posters can stew on one thread out of the way of more rational users.

YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 28/09/2019 15:34

Hello @Fatshedra thanks for your comments, and thanks to everyone else who added their thoughts here. Moving all the problematic posters to a quiet corner of the site sounds tempting but they'd find their way back to AIBU eventually - and, in truth, we don't want that kind of thing anywhere on the site. We frequently suspend posters who appear to have a specific agenda of dogwhistle racism.

It's frustrating, we know, when a thread which otherwise is an interesting discussion ends up being deleted. We agree that users should be of course be able to have a sensible and rational discussion about race and we'll be alert to any attempts to derail these discussions.

We're also sorry for the offence and annoyance caused by the term 'bun fight' in this case - we'll be mindful of that and our overall approach in the future.

YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 28/09/2019 16:31

@VladmirsPoutine - thank you, your comments are really helpful and we're sorry we've not been responsive enough in the past. We agree it's a difficult balance but we will try to get it right.

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