Chomper Higgot

It was reported at the time.

Oh I do hope so.

Evil.

Yes you are correct, many, I would say very many have changed their behaviour, some have gone as far as to change their thinking too. But very many have not, very many people still carry with them the racism of the society they grew up in. We frequently see examples in posts on this forum. Very few British people are openly racist. (I’ve underlined that so as to ensure my views are not misrepresented). However, far too many give scant attention to how racism occurs and goes un challenged, or is used as a tool in political and public policy campaigns. On top of that there still remain overtly racist political groups that have significant public support.

Please address this question:

Making sweeping generalizations about a nationality - Is certainly, stereotyping that group, so it fits right into the mindset of racism. The portrayal of non-white races as jolly smiling people, is absolutely a historical racist trope. All peoples have ‘smiles’, defining a racial group as ‘smiling’ is reductionist and reductionism is definitely a tool of racism.

Good for you, but you have no logical argument to preclude the racism that existed during the lives of people engaged in this discussion. It is a prime example of the background racism that influenced the minds of very many people living, and importantly voting, in the UK today. Racist tropes have been used in UK political campaigns within the last decade, they played particularly well to the demographic that grew up with overt racism in British society, of the kind you feel it unnecessary to discus.

OK let’s accept at face value your opinion is that particular list is nonsense. Do you agree there are statements and ‘go to arguments’ that are characteristic of racists? Or is it your contention that nobody can conclude another person is a racist on the basis of the statements and arguments they put forward?

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