In my honest opinion i reckon more than half of us if not all of us have parents or grandparents who would be concidered racist to a certain degree....Fuck my my entire female side of the family were given golly wogs as dolls right throught the 80's....Racism is a difficult and complicated subject..
I was pulled up at work one time for saying "there was a coloured lady on the bus" instead of the word 'black'..It was found to be hurtful and very racist...I honestly felt fucking taken aback and was made to feel like i had to take a step back on my self and appreciate wether i was racist or not...
I came to the conclusion that NO im not racist just bloody ignorant.....I dont mean ignorant as in the bad way just ive never really been friends or knew many "black" people so didnt realise that calling them "coloured" was totaly rasict......I was brought up to say coloured not black...........
On another note i know of a few older people and are all on the feeling that if there traveling on the bus to he bingo and certain nationalitys are on the bus with rucksacks they feel very uneasy...Now is this racism or the lack of education?.....THese older people are all above 65....
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