And then displays his complete ignorance by posting Billie Holiday Strange Fruit which it transpires is written by a Jewish man. Thick as mince
Global BLM/Anti-racism chat...
He’s still going. Thought it must be some sort of chemically assisted breakdown yesterday but he’s still going for it now.
Phil-McRackin it’s a complete clusterfuck.
Some choice tweets:
I really like how he just has to make it super clear that he “don’t like Hitler”.
I think it’s safe to say that Wiley’s had an absolute reg.
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Meanwhile, ZDF, the second largest German state TV channel (which everyone here has to pay a licence fee to fund, even if you don’t own a TV), has posted on its Instagram page that:
“there is no racism against Whites”.
Who is Wiley anyway? Never heard of him
hugopal It’s a bit harsh, he’s never met the fella.
hugopal There isn’t really though, is there?
Not forgetting the Cambridge professor Gopal’s tweets, etc.
That’s before one even gets in to the debate about whether anti-semitism (such as Wiley’s above) should be deemed a type of racism or not.
Anyway, the ZDF tweet claims that any instances of what would be rightly defined as ‘racism’ can actually only be called ‘discrimination’ if it’s against a white person, i.e. not only does it not exist, but it’s impossible.
Sounds a complete bellend.
Correct.
His music is dreadful too.
Saying that it’s impossible to be racist against white people is borne by the notion that it’s impossible to hate white people.
So he’s saying it’s possible to hate all people apart from whites, because they’re not hate-worthy.
Racist logic imo.
As for Jo Wiley, I truly cannot believe she’s thrown away her legacy like this, very sad to see. Clearly we all have good days and bad days with these unprecedented times but someone needs to throw an arm around Jo and help her get better.
Has any white person on this board been subjected to racism?
Shut up you honky
Along_the_Wire constantly. my wife’s brothers are always commenting on my complete lack of rhythm on the dancefloor.
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C_J Saying that it’s impossible to be racist against white people is borne by the notion that it’s impossible to hate white people.
So he’s saying it’s possible to hate all people apart from whites, because they’re not hate-worthy.
Racist logic imo.
Actually, the most common “argument” used to try and claim such a thing is borne of “woke” social “science” circles trying to change the definition of ‘racism’ in recent years - they claim that racism is actually not the most commonly understood definition of prejudice or discrimination based on race, but that this prejudice or discrimination must also be supported by “power structures”. Therefore, because the entire world is supposedly all structurally white and only white people have power, only white people can be racist.
It’s a very convenient attempt to try and get away with making what are clear racist statements (often hate-fuelled), while claiming not to be racist because their newly made-up doublethink version of the word means that they couldn’t possibly be.
Never mind that their desired definition even fails on its own merits given that many black people, including Wiley with his (what were) 500k Twitter followers and decent level of wealth, do indeed have power; or never mind that white people wouldn’t really have much power in, say, Saudi Arabia or China (or even if they found themselves lost on their own in a bad part of Chicago).
Their desired definition also fails on its own merits because even if it did come to be adopted in any widespread way then it would be proof of their own racism - they claim racism should be prejudice based on race plus power supported by structures/institutions. They also claim it is not possible to be racist against white people (or correspondingly as per Wiley’s tweet that black people can’t be racist).
However, firstly claiming it’s impossible to be racist against white people is in itself a comment which is prejudicial based on race. Furthermore, if the definition becomes accepted e.g. included in the dictionary and/or used by the MSM, then they would have demonstrated that they themselves in fact have power and are supported by structures/institutions. Thus, they will instantaneously become ‘racist’ even by their own new definition (and given the extent to which it has already gained ground in some left-leaning institutions this could be argued to have already occurred).
The German ZDF message I posted above echoes this exact same bullshit argument.
Here’s a UK example of the same claim being made (and there are loads more):
https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/09/can-white-people-experience-racism-12340542/
This article points out a few additional ways in which the concept is fundamentally flawed:
https://tsl.news/opinion-no-racism-is-not-prejudice-plus-power/
Hugo could do with a stint on the bants express.