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Diane Abbott's racist remarks

I fail to see how this is defensible.

Poor show dear, time to resign now I think.

Why no reaction from Ed Miliband?

She's got form for racism, hasn't she? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5uMbMJ2EUQ

EDIT: as of 11:11 05/01/2012, the tweet has been deleted. Quite odd that she thought there was nothing wrong with it but saw fit to delete it, isn't it?

EDIT2: Ed Miliband ought to be careful on twitter too

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Reply 1

Markos

Its true though?

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Reply 2

sloanegirl

****ing hate how black poeple are allowed to be racist to whites yet we say one thing that is non-racist but inviolves an ethnic minority and we get in so much ****. ****ing stupid PC

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Reply 3

Aspiringlawstudent

Original post by Markos

It's true though?

Reply 4

Markos

Original post by Aspiringlawstudent

Great analysis.

Reply 5

Spontogical

It seems like the moment you become a celebrity of any kind - you're no longer allowed to speak. Still ridiculous though.

Reply 6

Aspiringlawstudent

Original post by Markos

Great analysis.

Great racism.

Reply 7

Aspiringlawstudent

Original post by Spontogical

It seems like the moment you become a celebrity of any kind - you're no longer allowed to speak. Still ridiculous though.

Do you think celebrities should be allowed to be racist, then?

Reply 8

crocker710

The token ethnic and female candidate in a sea of white-middle-aged-men running for the Labour leadership has made another fool of herself :rolleyes:

tactics as old as colonialism :K:

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Reply 9

Yaya Touré

does anyone actually find it offensive here? i don't even know who Diane Abbott is...

Reply 10

Spontogical

Original post by Aspiringlawstudent

Do you think celebrities should be allowed to be racist, then?

No, but people should be allowed to speak. Maybe she shouldn't have said those words in a public environment.

Reply 11

Aspiringlawstudent

Original post by Spontogical

No, but people should be allowed to speak. Maybe she shouldn't have said those words in a public environment.

So being racist in private is fine, then?

Reply 12

Yaya Touré

furthermore, her opinion doesn't even matter because she's

Spoiler

Reply 13

kaydiann

I want an explanation as to how this is 'racist' because I am failing to see the problem.

Reply 14

Aj12

Happens all too often, a small minority of people, black and white think they can get away with racism by making it appear they are against racism.

Reply 15

Aj12

Original post by kaydiann

I want an explanation as to how this is 'racist' because I am failing to see the problem.

She is pretty much saying white people are out to get black people, trying to divide and rule over them. Its racist and generalising, assuming all white people want to rule over blacks and that we all have the same attitudes since colonial days

Reply 16

screenager2004

Nice to see she's keeping the "us vs them" attitude alive in 2011. Great for social cohesion and that.

Reply 17

Aspiringlawstudent

Original post by kaydiann

I want an explanation as to how this is 'racist' because I am failing to see the problem.

She's said that all white people like to 'divide and rule' (a fairly negative status is attached to that, wouldn't you say?)

Imagine if David Cameron tweeted that 'black people love to take bribes' or 'asians love to join gangs' or 'hispanics love to steal'. Would you be wondering if that was racist?

Reply 18

Aspiringlawstudent

Original post by screenager2004

Nice to see she's keeping the "us vs them" attitude alive in 2011. Great for social cohesion and that.

Particularly so when some 61% of her constituents are white...

Reply 19

kaydiann

Original post by Aj12

So basically we're offended by her generalisation of white people.
Ok, gotcha.

I still don't think it's racist, though, because it's based on a truth that I wish alot
of (black) people in general would wake up and realise, and then realise that
they have the power to counter it.