break-in(?)

What - dead?

More racism! Will it never stop?!

hehe. well he rides a bike and works for boris.

any requests?

Ask him about Blackfriars Bridge

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Wrongcog has it absolutely right.

Just out of curiosity, what in the OP's own words did the trespasser/ potential theif's colour add to the setting of the "scene"? Aside from the fact that he was black, so you know he was up to no good. Surely stranger halfway through your window tells us all we needed to know?

one of them is a tory. the good sort tho.

What - dead?

This thread is getting better and better.

Has this been resolved yet?

Are you asking about the final solution?

ooo that's harsh (but did make me lol slightly...)

i flew 6500 miles to get away from racist twats like you rik, seems i needn't have bothered.
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France isn't that far dude.

Are you asking about the final solution?

ooo that's harsh (but did make me lol slightly...)

Everyone's a little bit racist...

hahaha I knew that was going to come up!

I dont think there will be any resolution here.

i imagined the horse was called whitey

Yeh it odd how people have cats that are black and call them snowey or rabbits call rabbit (ok me as a child) i did have a white mouse called winston.

And your reason for giving such a traditional Afro-Caribbean name to a white mouse was?

And your reason for giving such a traditional Afro-Caribbean name to a white mouse was?

I love the name! And winston churchill i did like him as a historical figure.

I had an Oriental man jump over my fence. Thought nothing about it. They're always so polite and happy looking.

Must have been a short fence.

heightist

what a hilarious thread.
would be even funnier if the OP was a black lesbian disabled single mum.

gold.

Medallist...

Racist. Gipsies wear gold medallions too.

Erm, I've been offline. For the record, despite the fact it's a word often used jokingly on this forum, I was being serious. Being racist is manifested in a huge variety of ways, some subtle, some extreme. As pointed out by others earlier on, I was commenting on the only descriptor used about the intruder (other than gender (more on this in a minute)).

It smacked of ingrained habitual prejudice, and again, as others pointed out, no mention was made of other characteristics, and intuitively it didn't feel like the OP would've mentioned a white intruder's colour.

An important part of all this is context. To 'innocently' mention that someone is black in the context of crime is to ignore the impact of false perceptions that permeate white communities, something encouraged by more loathsome corners of the media. You have a responsibility to be aware of these circumstances, and to think twice about what you write/say (assuming you believe yourself not to be a racist).

I mentioned that the gender of the intruder was the other descriptor. This seems less problematic, because negative attitudes towards men (as a demographic) aren't stirred up unfairly in the context of breaking & entering. To give an example of where context and gender combine in the same lazy prejudicial manner, I'd suggest the times where people are intent on pointing out that the driver of a vehicle in an accident or near miss is a woman.

It's reassuring that intelligent comments have been made by some people during this thread, and that lfgss has not been completely overrun with the kind of ignorance pedlled by the Daily Mail.

By the way, I've just heard something horrible on the street. Strangely just after reading this thread.

I went to the shop with my daughter and while passing a woman who was taking money out of the cashpoint I overheard someone saying "Don't trust a nigger!". WTF?! A couple of people actually stopped too look around to identify the author. That Caribbean woman an the cashpoint accused a youngish Essex type of the slur, but he in turn pointed at someone else. Turned out it was actually some old bloke with shaved head and an Arsenal cap. Few people had a go at him (me included as I wasn't pleased my daughter had to hear it), that it's not 70s anymore.
Guy looked unfazed. WAC. It was completely unprovoked and unnecessary.

I'd suggest the times where people are intent on pointing out that the driver of a vehicle in an accident or near miss is a woman.

Or Ms, that's more acceptable to some.