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It is funny Estelle said racism is much worse in the UK, and how she loved it so much more in the United States... It put things into perspective for me.

well it's def not as OVERT as it is in the U.S, but you can def feel it

s

Have you even been here luv?

I don't need to visit the U.S to know racism is alive than it is over here

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Stfu guys. 

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I agree with Malc on the working class thing though, maybe it's more of a class thing than a race thing
I'm from a working class immigrant family myself, and I live in the most diverse borough in the city, but the neighbourhood I live in is predominately black
Even the under 30's non black people here talk the same and move the same, use the same slang ect
black culture has made a huge impact around the world, but it seems like it's more "safe" and acceptable for whites to "act black" than blacks themselves
white people can be vocal or loud, belligerent, dominant ect but the repercussions are rarely ever the same for a black people

I agree with this. If you are black and working class subconsciously sometimes you have to be extra cautious not to seem that way. Many whites don't even think twice.

!!!!
Where I work in largely white institution and has been that way for centuries, so already whenever I go in I have to watch how I talk, my volume, my body language, my facial expressions ect 
but when I'm around my black collegues, it's like I become a totally different person

sssss this is what I was saying.


I work in fckin Debenhams, and I'm sure you know the customer base is 90% white.

!!!g
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gar
gar I already KNOW sis
it can't get no whiter than debbie's
and I'm sure your sometimes apprehensive about approaching certain customers, or they are apprehensive when approaching you

omg !!!!!!!!! 


It's a mess truly.

jjjjjjjjjjj that's why I HATED retail
I used to work in Boots and ALL of my coworkers were Indian/Pakistani's
and even then 

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you guys should watch this, it literally talks about everything discussed in here

the way they describe the USA is how I see the United Kingdom. To me it is like a black paradise, and they all want to go to the States

i guess it's because black people hold more positions of power in ALL fields, politics, the army, the justice systems than in the U.K, so they look to that for inspiration
but it's weird because racism is more blatant and recurrent over there than anywhere else in the west for blacks 

well RACE is like, EVERYTHING here

I just found out most places outside of the US dont ask for Race and Ethnic background on EVERY job/school/survey application

ddddddd yh we have a equality diversity act here
we dont ask for race, age, religion ect on job application forms, and even IF they do, it's your right not to fill them out, the only ones that ask is when they are doing  a survey to see which demographic their posts are being drawn to the most

you don't HAVE to put your race

and theres a disclaimer that says it's not used in decision making

but it is

[Mel.]

I honestly don't understand what it means to be too black.

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the concept makes no sense to me.

we don't ask whites "are you too white" I don't get it.

n

Just say you don't agree with it. As opposed to this oblivious mess.

I'm not giving oblivious.
I clearly said it doesn't make sense to me.

there's no such thing as being "too black". I think this entire convo is silly

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It is funny Estelle said racism is much worse in the UK, and how she loved it so much more in the United States... It put things into perspective for me.

well it's def not as OVERT as it is in the U.S, but you can def feel it

s

Have you even been here luv?

I don't need to visit the U.S to know racism is alive than it is over here

sss You said it's worse here than it is in the UK. I think you'd have to live both here AND the UK to make such comment, hun. Just my opinion 

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you guys should watch this, it literally talks about everything discussed in here

the way they describe the USA is how I see the United Kingdom. To me it is like a black paradise, and they all want to go to the States

i guess it's because black people hold more positions of power in ALL fields, politics, the army, the justice systems than in the U.K, so they look to that for inspiration
but it's weird because racism is more blatant and recurrent over there than anywhere else in the west for blacks 

well RACE is like, EVERYTHING here

I just found out most places outside of the US dont ask for Race and Ethnic background on EVERY job/school/survey application

ddddddd yh we have a equality diversity act here
we dont ask for race, age, religion ect on job application forms, and even IF they do, it's your right not to fill them out, the only ones that ask is when they are doing  a survey to see which demographic their posts are being drawn to the most

you don't HAVE to put your race

and theres a disclaimer that says it's not used in decision making

but it is

when they do, it's anonymous and seperate from the main application though

[SouravMay]

We have to always say ethnicity instead of race. It makes it impossible to translate texts that have both words.

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v

But Mel

How many times have you popped up in a thread going

'Just like black people! SMH.'

I mean, there has to be SOME kinda scale for you to infer that.

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n

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Some people can be very extra.
I wouldn't say it being too black per say.
Some people just do too much.

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v

But Mel

How many times have you popped up in a thread going

'Just like black people! SMH.'

I mean, there has to be SOME kinda scale for you to infer that.

fddddd yea not here for these niggers trying to act upper echelon! can blend in easily!

[Mel.]

v

But Mel

How many times have you popped up in a thread going

'Just like black people! SMH.'

I mean, there has to be SOME kinda scale for you to infer that.

Because I feel of all blacks can be the most judgemental and to thier own kind.

[FlowerBomb]

It is funny Estelle said racism is much worse in the UK, and how she loved it so much more in the United States... It put things into perspective for me.

well it's def not as OVERT as it is in the U.S, but you can def feel it

s

Have you even been here luv?

I don't need to visit the U.S to know racism is alive than it is over here

sss You said it's worse here than it is in the UK. I think you'd have to live both here AND the UK to make such comment, hun. Just my opinion 

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I'm just going by what I see and read online, reports of racial incidences ect
It's a lot higher over there than it is over here.
but Americans seem to be able to be comfortable and openly discuss race over there because of it, as opposed to over here people saying "it's not as bad as America so STFU and be happy we're not getting shot up everyweek" rhetoric we get over here