Despite my occasionally didactic persona, I am pretty freewheeling. Don’t harm me. I won’t harm you. Mutually assured non-destruction. I just let people get on with life. I question them, make it a bit sticky, but hey! Their life.
I draw the line at racism. I’ll always call that one out. Every time. Every time.
I have acquaintance of some long standing. We have spent many an hour talking amiable bollocks in the pub. I liked him in an amiable way. We are very different, but there was an overlap.
I found out on Saturday he doesn’t ‘like black people.’ No hint of this before, not an inkling. Out of the blue.
He then used the classic racist defence. ‘Listen, I have black friends.’
I took him to task about this.
‘All racists say that. Every single one.’
This may put into perspective how fucking furious I was. I left a drink.
I also left with steam coming out of my ears.
franhunne4u said:
Well done, you! Call him out. As I did call out a colleague, who, on being served by a black waitress on the train, started singing “Black Betty”.
We have to stand up against this.
nobodysreadingme said:
My brother in law is Babradian
franhunne4u said:
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nobodysreadingme said:
Fat thumbs. Barbadian
Notes To Ponder said:
This wife of a “black person” would have tossed that drink in his face.
nobodysreadingme said:
Maybe.
Al said:
Racism is never acceptable. Although I have no friends who are black, but that could be because I have no friends lol.
Before I left Facebook, I removed a couple of people due to their racist outlooks, and yes, they were the same “I’ve got black friends”. No, there were black people in the rowing club, and he wouldn’t row on the same days she was.
nobodysreadingme said:
Johnny No Mates eh?
Al said:
That’s the one
nobodysreadingme said:
Haha