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Tefal said:
Yeah "native privilege" may be a better term for it all.


Gonna take a leap and say that anyone of any race going where they are visually, verbally and culturally different from the majority is going to find problems.
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I'm not sure that is always the case. I spent a while living in Zambia, travelled all over Zim and Malawi. I found the colour of my skin and nationality to be an advantage. It did on occasion make me a target from low level criminals but for some reason it appeared to open doors with locals for me. Not saying this is the case everywhere obviously but there it definitely helped there. I'm a fairly laid back and polite guy in person so that could have also been a major factor of course.
 
Colonel_Klinck said:
I'm not sure that is always the case. I spent a while living in Zambia, travelled all over Zim and Malawi. I found the colour of my skin and nationality to be an advantage. It did on occasion make me a target from low level criminals but for some reason it appeared to open doors with locals for me. Not saying this is the case everywhere obviously but there it definitely helped there. I'm a fairly laid back and polite guy in person so that could have also been a major factor of course.
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But it's the low level criminality that's the problem.

There that's probably thieves here is people shouting nasty things there's scales but that's the actual issue that makes day to day life harder
 
Colonel_Klinck said:
I'm not sure that is always the case. I spent a while living in Zambia, travelled all over Zim and Malawi. I found the colour of my skin and nationality to be an advantage. It did on occasion make me a target from low level criminals but for some reason it appeared to open doors with locals for me. Not saying this is the case everywhere obviously but there it definitely helped there. I'm a fairly laid back and polite guy in person so that could have also been a major factor of course.
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I'm assuming you're white. In a number of countries you will be treated better because being white they naturally assume you to be wealthy, and in comparison to most of the natives you are. Also as a tourist they'll likely see you as a source of income to it quite literally pays to be nice to you.
 
On the white/white British thing it is a massive way to fudge stats.


London i can say is minority white.

As long as I later clarify white British (44%) it's all fine

If I include the 2% white Irish and 12% other it's still white majority.(and relatively it's a huge majority, like government the majority only needs 30-40% because the rest is smaller groups not one block)


So I can wite a headline argument or counter argument in whatever way I choose to get the effect I want.


The aussie thing is a red herring in my opinion as for us it's more likely to be white European namely Poland and the other countries the richer EU States have exploited for cheap labour.

I'd say the true logical reason they say white in the headline and white British later on is because they knew white in the headline would get clicks and it would be all that's remembered and spoken about. Spreading thier agenda. (how often does rasing a technical point in defence in a conversation not just make you seem like an ass?)

It says white British in the body of the text as I assume there's regulations about printing outright lies
 
Tefal said:
On the white/white British thing it is a massive way to fudge stats.


London i can say is minority white.

As long as I later clarify white British (44%) it's all fine

If I include the 2% white Irish and 12% other it's still white majority.(and relatively it's a huge majority, like government the majority only needs 30-40% because the rest is smaller groups not one block)


So I can wite a headline argument or counter argument in whatever way I choose to get the effect I want.


The aussie thing is a red herring in my opinion as for us it's more likely to be white European namely Poland and the other countries the richer EU States have exploited for cheap labour.

I'd say the true logical reason they say white in the headline and white British later on is because they knew white in the headline would get clicks and it would be all that's remembered and spoken about. Spreading thier agenda. (how often does rasing a technical point in defence in a conversation not just make you seem like an ass?)

It says white British in the body of the text as I assume there's regulations about printing outright lies
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What do the birthrates tell you?
 
omnomnom said:
Thats nothing to do with my post. He even said he didnt see my post :cry::cry: Im not continuing this anymore. Absolute lunacy.

Enjoy your Sunday
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I'm kinda at a loss here too?

People say white people will be a minority not white British people because they need to fudge the stats to try and scare people for whatever reason. Or it makes money whichever is more or less cynical
 
Tefal said:
I'm kinda at a loss here too?

People say white people will be a minority not white British people because they need to fudge the stats to try and scare people for whatever reason. Or it makes money whichever is more or less cynical
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He queried why people don't seem to have a problem with white aussies but do with non- whites, insinuating it's because of skin colour.

You, in response to something else, hit upon a number of the likely reasons such as;

Dis86 said:
So why might Australians be preferred in the UK to say an Iraqi? Well...

1, they speak the same language (mostly)

2, shared history, Oz being a British colony at one point and populated largely by individuals with a British heritage.

3, shared head of state.

4, shared culture. We have similar cuisine although theirs has evolved traits of its own as has ours in the last 100 years but the same basis is still there, we share many of the same sporting interests and have long-founded rivalries based upon this, our religious heritage is similar.
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Dis86 said:
He queried why people don't seem to have a problem with white aussies but do with non- whites, insinuating it's because of skin colour.

You, in response to something else, hit upon a number of the likely reasons such as;
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Also Australians arent engaged in a holy war with the west, aren't suicide bombing brits and beheading people in the streets whileshouting praise to God.

None of those things relate to skin colour but you know. It is what it is.
 
Dis86 said:
He queried why people don't seem to have a problem with white aussies but do with non- whites, insinuating it's because of skin colour.

You, in response to something else, hit upon a number of the likely reasons such as;
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Polish might be a better example than Australian in that case.

They receive considerable abuse from people who also abuse anyone who's non white. But would have less of a problem with Australians or Canadians or even French.


Don't look for consistency in racists as a lot of it isn't a definite philosophy it's a collection of stereotypes and personal interpretations.



Ask some Americans what they think of Mexicans and you'll get a very negative derogatory response ask them what they think of European Spain and it will be one of sophistication and pleasantness.

But the people are similar shades and speed the same language.

I think rasicim and jingoism mix a lot and not evenenly
 
The Running Man said:
Also Australians arent engaged in a holy war with the west, aren't suicide bombing brits and beheading people in the streets whileshouting praise to God.

None of those things relate to skin colour but you know. It is what it is.
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Tbf the Irish have gotten a lot better over the years
 
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