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defacto7

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56. Some of my favorite memories are when I lived

Tue Nov 28, 2017, 03:03 AM

Nov 2017

in Great Britain. I don’t mean to crash the post but I feel compelled to comment. I lived just outside Lewes, East Sussex in a cottage on the downs for summer's when I was working in the area. The cottage was owned by a "white witch" and we had the most wonderful talks in her garden. I also had a flat on Drury Lane in London for a time while working there. I was always amazed how so many cultures could blend so well. It was definitely different from my US experience.

I also lived in Bologna Italy for a time. They had a custom of calling Italians from the south of Italy blacks basically because of the darker hair and skin as opposed to the Northern Italians who tended to be lighter with a higher rate of blue eyes. Nothing discriminatory about those distinctions at all. Just a recognition and appreciation for their differences.

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When Meghan weds Harry, Britains relationship with race will change for ever [View all] Soph0571 Nov 2017 OP

Disagree...the UK already has one the highest populations of bi-racial and interracial marriages.. HipChick Nov 2017 #1

The British monarchy has never had a biracial marriage. This will be a sea change. n/t pnwmom Nov 2017 #7

This is not the first Royal person of color.. HipChick Nov 2017 #12

Very true. cwydro Nov 2017 #8

Mid 60s, they were way ahead of a lot of people here. Hortensis Nov 2017 #57

Look at those two young people. How could you NOT be happy for them? Glorfindel Nov 2017 #2

I'm not impressed...Harry is an unemployed, uneducated racist lazy spoiled playboy adigal Nov 2017 #23

Do you know nothing of his military service? Pacifist Patriot Nov 2017 #28

You really are down on Harry. Why? secondwind Nov 2017 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author adigal Nov 2017 #38

Read my post upthread. Nt adigal Nov 2017 #50

Okay there, Edgelord. jl_theprofessor Nov 2017 #58

This wins the prize for the most ignorant post I've seen today VMA131Marine Nov 2017 #78

They are both in their thirties ... VMA131Marine Nov 2017 #76

Well, when you're my age, people in their 30's look very young indeed. Glorfindel Nov 2017 #77

I'm 53, they still aren't young .... VMA131Marine Nov 2017 #79

I'm 72. I'd LOVE to be 53 again, youngster. Glorfindel Nov 2017 #80

Youth is overrated ... VMA131Marine Nov 2017 #82

It's fun to pretend a relative is actually an absolute. LanternWaste Nov 2017 #81

Can't we all just be people... jodymarie aimee Nov 2017 #3

Did the GOP care about President Obama being 1/2 black? guillaumeb Nov 2017 #6

Did you say the same thing when Barack Obama was elected? pnwmom Nov 2017 #9

Race is uniquely an American driven issue HipChick Nov 2017 #13

Yeah, right. pnwmom Nov 2017 #15

I guess you have no experience of living in the UK then.. HipChick Nov 2017 #16

I spent a summer that, that's all. But it was enough to know that they have racists, too. n/t pnwmom Nov 2017 #20

Everywhere in the world has racists.. HipChick Nov 2017 #21

"Theresa May vows to tackle racism after a report reveals shocking extent of discrimination." pnwmom Nov 2017 #24

Armchair gathering does not equal HipChick Nov 2017 #32

Many do refer to Indians as blacks. Now I wonder whether you really did live there. That's a tell. pnwmom Nov 2017 #40

Who are "Many"? I suggest you stop googling, and ask a British born Indian person HipChick Nov 2017 #41

People of Indian descent don't call THEMSELVES that. But WHITE British people sometimes do, pnwmom Nov 2017 #42

That's a single reporter from The Guardian....the MAJORITY of ANGLO-SAXON's HipChick Nov 2017 #43

You're changing the goalposts now. I never said the majority of British people would do that. pnwmom Nov 2017 #49

I don't think you have a clue... HipChick Nov 2017 #63

British people of Indian descent aren't "Anglo-British." Anglo-Saxons are Anglo-British. pnwmom Nov 2017 #64

I believe the choice to include people of broadly Indian descent among the group "blacks" Denzil_DC Nov 2017 #48

Thanks for the confirmation Denzil_DC...Certainly not used as an everyday usage HipChick Nov 2017 #52

My dad grew up in London, and my relatives all live in England. cwydro Nov 2017 #70

@cwydro I know of what you speak...It took me years to train both my parents out of it.. HipChick Nov 2017 #83

Still googling? No substitue for living there...guess you missed the whole British riots HipChick Nov 2017 #44

Can't you read? I explicitly said several times that people of Indian descent in Britain pnwmom Nov 2017 #65

I can read, but it seems like you do not comprehend... HipChick Nov 2017 #84

Born, raised, and still a citizen of Myrddin Nov 2017 #51

Exactly..you languaged it better than I could..I went up "North' once.. HipChick Nov 2017 #53

A couple years ago I thought Americans were less racist than I've learned they are. pnwmom Nov 2017 #66

I have spent a great deal of time in the UK. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2017 #30

Raised and born there....like most rural places HipChick Nov 2017 #34

Some of my favorite memories are when I lived defacto7 Nov 2017 #56

The "custom" of fair skinned northern Italians calling those in the south "blacks" pnwmom Nov 2017 #67

I appreciate many of your posts.. defacto7 Nov 2017 #75

That's so not true VMA131Marine Nov 2017 #85

Nothing wrong with race talk uponit7771 Nov 2017 #11

What is wrong with acknowledging race? DangerousUrNot Nov 2017 #31

nt bdamomma Nov 2017 #33

Only a white person jl_theprofessor Nov 2017 #60

Ugh. Denzil_DC Nov 2017 #4

True. nt dhol82 Nov 2017 #27

Hurrah!!! MFM008 Nov 2017 #5

They do look beautiful together. madaboutharry Nov 2017 #10

It's probably pissing off bigots inn the US more than in the UK JI7 Nov 2017 #14

Exactly.. HipChick Nov 2017 #17

Depends on the area. And I'm sure there are bigots in the UK who hate this JI7 Nov 2017 #18

Overall it is worst in the US... HipChick Nov 2017 #22

I agree hipchick geez let them be happy bdamomma Nov 2017 #35

Agree...they found love, despite the differences in their background HipChick Nov 2017 #37

Diversity is a beautiful thing bdamomma Nov 2017 #39

I'm not sure you've spent enough time in the UK jl_theprofessor Nov 2017 #61

Harry's used to it, but I sure hope Meghan & family can withstand the glaring media spotlight, and.. Tarheel_Dem Nov 2017 #19

isn't there a coal miner in Kate's ancestry? renate Nov 2017 #25

This reminds me of that time we elected Obama and ended racism in America Bucky Nov 2017 #26

Sad commentary on our times for two reasons Bradshaw3 Nov 2017 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author mulsh Nov 2017 #45

As we devolve into a world ruled by a few oligarchs, and the subsequent obscene income inequality jalan48 Nov 2017 #46

High-ranking British men have been having relationships with dark-skinned women for centuries FarCenter Nov 2017 #47

Right? Egnever Nov 2017 #54

Prince Charles had a fling with Sheila Ferguson, singer of the group The Three Degrees HipChick Nov 2017 #62

Some reactions from the Daily Mail comments: Denzil_DC Nov 2017 #55

Lol! I keep waiting for them to close down the comments section... HipChick Nov 2017 #59

On reading the replies to that tweet (recommended if you haven't already), Denzil_DC Nov 2017 #72

Ironically, many of the folks commenting are US bigots.. HipChick Nov 2017 #73

That's been happening with UK newspaper comments sections for much more than a decade. Denzil_DC Nov 2017 #74

She is black? redgreenandblue Nov 2017 #68

Her mother is. WinkyDink Nov 2017 #69

Probably about 25% sub-Saharan African genes FarCenter Nov 2017 #71