I Hate Racism and Discrimination

Direct quote from a friend of mine...

[quote]As a black person who was born and raised in the UK but never feeling accepted as just a human being. There is something that is not always visible at work in the interactions that I've had with various people that tell me that I am seen as less than others. I've had the funny looks, the comments, the police suspicion and the assumptions made about my level of competency or education within workplaces and on many deep levels I have had to process the hurt that comes with feeling that the place I've known all my life as my home is not accepting of me. [b] I am always conscious of the colour of my skin wherever I go and that never leaves me. 🙏🏾[/quote][/b]

We still have widespread even endemic institutionalised racism throughout Britain. We have a long journey to go when great educated terrific people like my friend feels this way every single day.

#blacklivesmatter

It starts within each and one of us...

[big][b]8 Everyday Ways to Fight Racism :[/b][/big]
[b]1. Learn to recognize and understand your own privilege.
2. Examine your own biases and consider where they may have originated.
3. Validate the experiences and feelings of people of color.
4. Challenge the “colorblind” ideology.
5. Call out racist “jokes” or statements.
6. Find out how your company or school works to expand opportunities for people of color.
7. Be thoughtful with your finances.
8. Adopt an intersectional approach in all aspects of your life.[/b]

You can read more about each of the 8 points in my post on this :
https://similarworlds.com/5-Education/3385478-8-Everyday-Ways-to-Fight-Racism-1-Learn-to

That is an interesting observation, I have thought of similar things. I once was able to get hold of some data on violent crimes from a specific area, in a group of cases of violent crime, face to face robberies, where the race of the offender is known, blacks committed the offense at a rate 4 times their representation in that community.

One of my thoughts was do that many blacks participate in violent crime or are the ones who do more prolific at it than others. It could be that a small group within the group made it difficult for others in the group. Problem was you could not look into it because people reject the fact that blacks representing 20 percent of the population committed 80 percent of the robberies. To think along those lines is racist so you are dismissed although that is what the data showed.

I think a large factor for crime amongst minorities especially would be that 1st-2nd generation immigrant families don't usually move with money so live in cheaper areas. There's more inequality in those areas, more inequality = more crime. So where there is crime it's actually a financial disparity issue rather than a demographic one. Even so there's statistically more white people commiting crime. That's what the scientist in me would say to the actual claim anyway.

As for the papers yeah I agree you have to be pretty cautious of them. Anything to sell more papers even if its exagerated narratives or lies.

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