Tag: Racism
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Abracadabra!
The reaction to racism has sent the UK, along with much of the world, into gestural frenzy. Well, it’s less a reaction to racism and more a reaction to a fear of pointing fingers. Unless, of course, they had never have heard of racism before? Seems unlikely. Now, everybody seems to be checking themselves into…
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All Systems Go?
A rolling Colstone gathers no moss. And so, the debate rolls on, even if the statue itself managed only 30 metres. It is clear that opinion is divided on events, which is fine because what comes next is what counts. But for the moment, let’s consider the now infamous petition for removal. Now, that did…
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Statue of Limitations
So, the controversial statue of the merchant Edward Colston has been tugged down and thrown into Bristol Harbour. There had long been moves to have it either removed to be museum-bound or have a plaque added to its base to reflect his slave-trading past. Both options seemed fair – if there had been enough support…
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Wide Awoke
I was watching coverage of the Black Lives Matter protests on TV and paused to reflect on the point of protests. They don’t after all directly work, because those in power generally don’t give a flying fart about your concerns. If they did, they would typically make a boatload of progress in dealing with them.…
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The New Black
So, black lives matter. Well, they do this week because there’s a big old meaty bandwagon gathering pace and every bloated, comfortable, privileged hypocrite wants to hop on for the ride. If black lives mattered – as a point of social reality – then the Back Lives Matter movement would not need to exist. Make…
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Red Alert
Blood vessels are popping in earnest for the Premier League to restart. Players won’t even be able to pop into the local boozer for a pint, but they will be expected to sardine-pack, pull, and Jiu-Jitsu into the penalty area for corners. Sure, the mega-rich moguls of the Premier League have continued to wince at…
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Croc Rocking
A town in Australia was recently the scene of an unwelcome spectacle when some miscreant hoisted a Nazi Swastika flag from a tower. One resident was ‘sickened and appalled’; another, ‘offended and disgusted’. Now that got the old grey matter stirring. Ruffians pull these stunts in order to provoke a reaction, and that is exactly…
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Monkey Business
I was flabbergasted by the accusations of racist chanting at Tottenham Hotspur last week. Well, it’s just that I wasn’t initially convinced that the monkey noises were anything other than their own primitive attempts to communicate. Just wait until Spurs become fully Mourinhoed into the institutionalised 1-0 – that’ll teach ‘em. I mean, one of…
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