18/11/2007 - It's not racism if you're talking about the Welsh.

[rosiedoes]

Apparently, this is me 'naming names' - also known as the person in question knowing exactly who they were.

I was going to actually post some of the conversation in question, to allow people to make their own decisions about who was in the wrong - but a) I'm not quite as childish as some people would like to think and b) I have more compassion for the stuff in there which was genuinely personal and not hysterical racism.

I don't believe, however, in letting people make racist comments about their friends, and at the time I did say this:






Perhaps the saddest thing, is that aside from being angry at her behaviour, I won't mourn the loss of this 'friendship' at all and I doubt it would have been so convincing for Amanda if she hadn't already had doubts about the value and integrity of the friendship herself. After all, I wasn't there, but she was.

Comments

[edgiko.livejournal.com]

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.

If that makes sense.

[rosiedoes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, your comment totally makes sense. It doesn't make me any less angry, though, because she's someone who continually calls out everyone else for prejudice.