So what’s the statute of limitations on grievance? There must come a time when taking responsibility for your your own life becomes an option.

What a load of rubbish. If you’re on the straight and narrow and get your head down then things happen for you. You will probably hit barriers and glass ceilings and come into contact with unconscious bias but you’re implying the country is against you from the moment you’re born because you’re black. That’s simply bollox.

And caterham. There’s now lots of black or brown people up here exercising which is fine, because they’re not the disrespectful young black people who are the real problem. They have the right frame of mind or discipline. I’ve had two random incidents of black men having a go for no reason a year or two ago. One was in south croydon because he thought I parked somewhere.... in an actual space when I didn’t. I didn’t have a clue what he was on about and just laughed. He came out when he saw me go to another car and apologised. If it wasn’t for knife crime I’d have told him to do one. Another bloke who thought I had a problem with him on a petrol Station forecourt for some unknown reason. Huge bloke. Don’t know his problem. Paranoid. This was in old Coulsdon. I doubt he does this to people of equal size or bigger.

You don’t get this with all black people because they will have better things to focus on but there’s no doubt a lot who are like a coiled spring ready for anything, sometimes from nothing at all. This does nothing to improve people’s opinions. Good parents drill this out of kids.

And this privilege bollox does nothing to help the mindset of these kids who think the world is against them. You could use advantaged. Privileged? Seriously bad brainwashing on impressionable young people.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (13 Jun 2020 11.59pm)

Limitations on grievance occur when discrimination ends. I’d think there are plenty of black people who ‘take responsibility’ for their own lives but still feel passionately about this subject. And again rather obviously it’s not just about slavery, that’s one aspect of it

Pretty ironic that the same people worried about ‘erasing history’ are now effectively saying ignore it. Classic

Brilliant. Can’t you see the difference between remembering the past and resenting it? That’s truly classic.

If you’re on the straight and narrow and don’t cause any trouble, ignore any incidence of racial prejudice or, frankly, any prejudice - you could be taking about anyone here - just toe the line, comply and don’t complain.

What an inspiring piece of advice - just do what others say you should do and you might have an average life. Cheers. Like the sort of advice you’d get from a corporate drone. Don’t cause any trouble ere Jim. We do things one way and one way only. If you do em well, you might get an extra bean a day. But we ain’t got any time here for newfangled ideas, innovation or creativity. Just do your job well, don’t ask questions about your past and you might do OK in life.

f*** ME

Also this - ‘ If you’re on the straight and narrow and get your head down then things happen for you. You will probably hit barriers and glass ceilings and come into contact with unconscious bias but you’re implying the country is against you from the moment you’re born because you’re black.’ is completely contradictory. You’re actually disagreeing and agreeing with yourself in one sentence. Incredible feat