That's clearly untrue as those protesting have a variety of skin colours. They are though protesting about racism. Which is an attitude.

I think calling the protest "Black lives matter" to be an unfortunate and incorrect description. Not only because of the opportunity it provides for detractors to jump in and assert false associations with the political organisation which uses that name, but also because it allows people like you to make these kinds of fake accusations. "All lives matter" would have been much better because this protest is about discrimination and is being made by people with all shades of skin colour.

I have often argued in these pages about the need for everyone, whatever their skin colour might be, to stop classifying themselves, or others, or other groups by the colour of their skin. Look only at the character and behaviour of people and use those attributes as the descriptors.

You might not get the importance of this, let alone care very much. It is something which isn't even recognised by most of the media but I predict it will become so in the not too distant future.

As with so many things, time will tell.

It's people like you who have put society into a less cohesive and discordant state....not me.

A person like me wouldn't have let the immigration into Europe to have happened at anything like the levels it has.

You have the audacity to tell others how to think about the society you want.....errrr, once again take a run and jump. People think and feel about their environment how they wish...they don't live in your hypocritical world.

So while you complain about the completely normal reaction of people to unwanted and un-needed change. betrayal even. I simply recognise human nature for what it is....sometimes nice, sometimes crappy.

For example, exploitative old white men with means moving to near exclusively white, low crime areas of the country....and then complaining about the so called 'racism' of others.

Edited by Stirlingsays (15 Jan 2021 5.32pm)

This is what I actually wrote:-

"The protest has nothing to do with skin colour though does it?

That people assume it does is a large part of this problem.

The protest is about discrimination. In this case because of attitudes about skin colour.

It's the discrimination and the attitudes which are causing the protests."

Please read it slowly, line by line. Some people only see what they want to see. Try not to be one of them!

I very clearly say the protests are about discrimination and that in this case that discrimination is caused by people's attitudes.

If you want to debate why some people hold these attitudes and discriminate as a consequence that's fine. It is though a separate debate.

This one is about the protests and why concerned people are holding them. They aren't protesting about the colour of their skins are they? They are protesting about attitudes held by others and the discrimination which results. Discrimination which shows itself in a myriad of ways.

There is an important distinction here which seems to escape a lot of people. I hope I have helped you to recognise that.

Seek help Wisbech. Clutching at straws in this manner demonstrates a pitiful desire to be constantly 'right'.

I 100% agree on your other point that classification by skin is deeply divisive, however, it is not White people who are usually guilty of this. The awkward truth is that most problems that minorities experience in 2021 are of their own making.
Ending the apartheid of Black awards and various forms of positive discrimination would be a start. Overt demonstrations of pride in skin colour are not a good look. Such indulgences are not afforded to White people.
Prejudice exists in every dynamic of society. We all suffer the effects for various reasons and some of us don't go marching about it. We just get on with our lives.

If they are insults I use a different dictionary to you.

If you enjoy real insults you don't have to search too hard to find some. Just read a few of the responses to me, and others, in this thread.

Stay safe and stay at home.

I have no expectation at all of always being right. I am married so that hope was removed years ago.

I do though dislike seeing assertions being made which are based upon a fundamental mistake, albeit one which is shared with many others. So far from me "needing help" I am doing my best, without any realistic prospect of success, to help you.

I have no more sympathy for people celebrating their "blackness" than I do for people bleating about "whiteness". I want it all to stop and people to talk about culture and not simply skin colour.

Of course prejudice exists everywhere. I make no excuses for any of it, even if I understand some better than others. However, we need to deal with those things we are personally able to deal with.

So if you are prejudiced do something about it. That's the way to make a difference.

1 yet your posts come across as 'I am right you are wrong"
2 I am doing my best to 'help' you...really? Still you include the veiled insult 'without any realistic prospect of success. We dont want your help thanks very much..

Edited by the silurian (15 Jan 2021 9.21pm)

Strange to see you quoting Malcolm X! He said a lot of things and as with most people some are wise in their time and daft later. That is in the latter category. I did though find another that would be useful for you to consider:-

“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”

and one that I ought to ponder:-

“Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.”