You are reading a single comment by @psg1ben and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@psg1ben
This is where I don't get you.
Forgetting the fact that you're making an assumption here.
I can't really see a practical way of determining whether, in certain situations, the discrimination in a particular situation is bourne out of classism or racism if it's dubious.
But there are plenty of clear examples of racism.
Interesting that you think there's an "excessive" salience of race in people's minds. Racism has been used to put people down for such a long time, it's hard to believe that they wouldn't be aware of the dynamics of this on a daily basis.
Even more interesting is that you seem to be worried about it for some reason. I think many positive things have come about since racial injustice has become a bigger talking point lately. At this current stage, we could talk about race a lot more.
My only genuine worry would be some kind of negative backlash from, well, racist people.