I must say, this is pretty new to me as I grew up in the US and aren't familiar with the history of the UK. However, I'm learning a lot from this post.
That being said, I think this is an example of someone saying something racist and not realizing how racist it sounds. People do it a lot and then get defensive over it.
She may not realize it was racist by stating that, but it was. Kind of like an ignorant racism.
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on 2008-01-08 11:17 pm (UTC)That being said, I think this is an example of someone saying something racist and not realizing how racist it sounds. People do it a lot and then get defensive over it.
She may not realize it was racist by stating that, but it was. Kind of like an ignorant racism.
If that makes sense.