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jl_theprofessor

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60. Only a white person

Tue Nov 28, 2017, 03:34 AM

Nov 2017

could say this with a straight face.

People of color aren't trying to be discriminated against for not being white. White people are the ones that keep making it an issue by the way they continue to disenfranchise and imprison minorities. So yeah, it's worth pointing out that she's half black because we continue to look for positive public images and ways to change the culture in a society where people of color still get imprisoned more, still get biased judicial outcomes, still get discriminated in housing, and on and on. When white people stop doing everything in their power to make the lives of PoC miserable, then we won't have a reason to bring up race anymore.

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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