Oh Equity - Lawrence Fox... what happened next....

[Lordfrontpaw]

Equity apologises to Laurence Fox, and its Race Equality Committee resigns.

Tweet:

'On 17 January a series of tweets were posted by the @EquityMEM Twitter account about Laurence Fox's appearance on BBC Question Time. We are sorry that in the tweets he was called a 'disgrace' by Equity. Please read Equity's full statement. 'equity.org.uk/news/2020/march/laurence-fox/

Well Lawrence Fox has a huge cover spread in the Sunday Times Magazine today (a cover spread he only got because of the scandal that resulted from his racist comments), admitting that he used to have violent fights with his ex-wife, and openly mocking a female co-worker who wrote a letter complaining about him making sexually inappropriate and sexually harassing comments in the workplace.

Can we please stop spreading the myth that complaining about racism makes you the "woke police" and that it's a form of "censorship" and "punishment"? Clearly Fox's career has been massively improved rather than hindered by the racism scandal. The idea that nine obscure black and Asian actors running a Twitter account with fewer than 500 followers have the power to destroy the career of a famous white man from a hugely powerful and influential family is bollocks to begin with.

And before you spout off about how the "wokerati" are engaging in censorship, remember: those nine people had to resign their jobs because they were told they were not allowed to tweet their personal opinions about racism, while Fox is being given a massive platform for his views. Who exactly is being censored and punished here?

No one ever said that complaining about racism makes someone the woke police. That's a complete fabrication.