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Policy on under the radar racism

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Steroidsandantidepressants · 09/12/2020 08:26

Hi mnhq.

This isn’t a tatt but it’s come to light on another thread that there are a number of issues around tone and language that feels exclusionary to posters from Ireland, the Celtic nations of the UK and America as well.

It’s things like Halloween being decried and how it’s an American import, turnips, mockery of Irish names and their spellings and categorising them as naughty names.

Also the “have a paddy”. The haitch is horrible, Santa is horrible. And an Americanism.

It contributes to a feeling of not being welcome here. And it is a subtle racism.

Is there any chance you could have a chat in the office and come up with a stronger policy that would take this into account?

soniamumsnet · 09/12/2020 10:21

Hi - just popping in to say that as ever, if you see a post that you think breaks our guidelines, just drop us a line at: [email protected] and we'll be happy to take a look. Flowers

LilyMumsnet · 09/12/2020 20:25

Hi OP

We absolutely delete 'having a paddy' and other anti-Irish sentiment (whether under the radar or outright).
If you see this, please do report it to us. If it hasn't been deleted then there may have been a mistake on our part, and we're happy to revisit the post for another look.

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