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posted on 15/6/21

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 9 minutes ago
Because it’s such a stupid question.

To quote the writer of Luther directly:

“I have no knowledge or expertise or right to try to tackle in some way the experience of being a black man in modern Britain.

It would have been an act of tremendous arrogance for me to try and write a Black character. We would have ended up with an slightly embarrassed, ignorant, middle-class, white writers idea of a black character”.

And yet you’re asking people to do exactly that.
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Luther is a black character?

Not just a cop....or a character on tv.

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?

It's beyond boring.

Is Morse a white character?

That is where we are now, LMAO.

Nonsense and hopefully just a phase.

comment by Cloggy (U1250)

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Sir Bob's Back......For this week at least (U3823)
posted 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
The stupidity of people astounds me.

Racism means, and i quote the cambridge dictionary here, 'policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race.
So if white people are being discriminated against in job adverts then that is racism.
There's no such thing as positive racism there's only racism.


These people should be forced every day to repeat the mantra...

If you want to stop racism
You've got to stop being racist.


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Agree with this

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 52 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago
From the way some people talk you'd think we are besieged by initiatives for non white people, when the situation on the ground couldn't be any more different.

The mentality being created is like " enough of this" but the truth is far from that.
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Coming over here, taking our entry level media jobs.

I AM SICK OF IT
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With us or against us, yeah?
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Yeah man this makes no difference to me and so what if they're likely attempting to redress the balance after decades of institutional racism ... this is WRONG and it makes me ANGRY. PC gone MAD.
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Yeah, redressing that balance is actually racist now.

We need to go back to the good times when the best person for the job always got the job.

Thats how its always been and now they're changing it with all these initiatives for non whites.
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And now you’re completely making things up. Us white folks on here said nothing of the sort.
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Was a figure of speech.
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Sigh

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 1 minute ago
Term was told he would not understand, but nobody educates or offers an answer, so what are we to make of people saying a character was not black enough, or lacked black cultural references etc.

Could it be cops and humans are just that, rather than defined by accident of birth skin pigmentation?
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Perhaps you can find those answers for yourself instead of always asking other people to provide them.
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You said Term did not understand, so I asked you to explain.

You failed.
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I didn't fail. I refused. Why should I work to post this info for you? I mean, who da fuq do you think you are? And stop acting like it would make a facking difference to you because it wouldn't and I know that from experience.
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If you patronize someone, at least have the manners to outline what they did not understand.

What is black culture, a black character or black cultural references?

You claim to know what Term and I cannot comprehend.

posted on 15/6/21


Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
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Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Oranje Boven - Admin 5 (U1250)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Sir Bob's Back......For this week at least (U3823)
posted 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
The stupidity of people astounds me.

Racism means, and i quote the cambridge dictionary here, 'policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race.
So if white people are being discriminated against in job adverts then that is racism.
There's no such thing as positive racism there's only racism.


These people should be forced every day to repeat the mantra...

If you want to stop racism
You've got to stop being racist.


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Agree with this
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Racism against white people is being empowered, imo.

Replacing one form of racism with another is dangerous and divisive.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 52 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago
From the way some people talk you'd think we are besieged by initiatives for non white people, when the situation on the ground couldn't be any more different.

The mentality being created is like " enough of this" but the truth is far from that.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Coming over here, taking our entry level media jobs.

I AM SICK OF IT
----------------------------------------------------------------------
With us or against us, yeah?
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Yeah man this makes no difference to me and so what if they're likely attempting to redress the balance after decades of institutional racism ... this is WRONG and it makes me ANGRY. PC gone MAD.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah, redressing that balance is actually racist now.

We need to go back to the good times when the best person for the job always got the job.

Thats how its always been and now they're changing it with all these initiatives for non whites.
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So, best person for the job is wrong?

Skin tone matters more or box ticking?

Do black people agree with this concept?

How is the BBC racist or not representative of the 4% black UK populace?


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Yeah it would be ideal if the best person for the job was always offered the job, but that might not always be the case. What happens if there are two candidates that are equally qualified for the role?

Studies have shown that applicants with names that sound foreign, or not traditionally white British, are less successful at receiving invites to interview than those with white British sounding names. This is despite the rest of the CV being completely identical.

Unconscious biases play a huge role in who gets offered jobs and steps should be taken to mitigate this. Hiding certain characteristics can be a solution at application stage but not really at interview.

If a company is keen to diversify and are concerned that their processes might not be working then things like this BBC situation can be a short term solution.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Why do you make everything seem like it’s some kind of revenge?

posted on 15/6/21

comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 9 minutes ago
Because it’s such a stupid question.

To quote the writer of Luther directly:

“I have no knowledge or expertise or right to try to tackle in some way the experience of being a black man in modern Britain.

It would have been an act of tremendous arrogance for me to try and write a Black character. We would have ended up with an slightly embarrassed, ignorant, middle-class, white writers idea of a black character”.

And yet you’re asking people to do exactly that.
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Luther is a black character?

Not just a cop....or a character on tv.

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?

It's beyond boring.

Is Morse a white character?

That is where we are now, LMAO.

Nonsense and hopefully just a phase.


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So why not just say “I haven’t watched the debate with Weyland or understood the point she was trying to make” rather than just create a complete alternate debate to get annoyed by? Using Morse as an analogy again proves her point.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not all black and Asian people think as you presume.

Skin tone does not matter, but the person inside.

It's just a phase we are going through with silly race identity politics dividing us.

You cannot even define what black culture is, yet you say his is central to everything, LMAO.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 1 minute ago
Term was told he would not understand, but nobody educates or offers an answer, so what are we to make of people saying a character was not black enough, or lacked black cultural references etc.

Could it be cops and humans are just that, rather than defined by accident of birth skin pigmentation?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Perhaps you can find those answers for yourself instead of always asking other people to provide them.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You said Term did not understand, so I asked you to explain.

You failed.
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I didn't fail. I refused. Why should I work to post this info for you? I mean, who da fuq do you think you are? And stop acting like it would make a facking difference to you because it wouldn't and I know that from experience.
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If you patronize someone, at least have the manners to outline what they did not understand.

What is black culture, a black character or black cultural references?

You claim to know what Term and I cannot comprehend.
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If you don't comprehend then educate yourself. Dont expect others to do it for you.Its alot of work only to be dismissed out of hand. No amount of irrefutable evidence could ever change your mind TBAB, I know that from experience. You'll just show up tomorrow as if your entire argument didnt get blown to smithereens.

Tell us about the percentages again perhaps...

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 52 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago
From the way some people talk you'd think we are besieged by initiatives for non white people, when the situation on the ground couldn't be any more different.

The mentality being created is like " enough of this" but the truth is far from that.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Coming over here, taking our entry level media jobs.

I AM SICK OF IT
----------------------------------------------------------------------
With us or against us, yeah?
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Yeah man this makes no difference to me and so what if they're likely attempting to redress the balance after decades of institutional racism ... this is WRONG and it makes me ANGRY. PC gone MAD.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah, redressing that balance is actually racist now.

We need to go back to the good times when the best person for the job always got the job.

Thats how its always been and now they're changing it with all these initiatives for non whites.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
And now you’re completely making things up. Us white folks on here said nothing of the sort.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Was a figure of speech.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sigh
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Black or white sigh.

This matters to some, lol

posted on 15/6/21

comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not all black and Asian people think as you presume.

Skin tone does not matter, but the person inside.

It's just a phase we are going through with silly race identity politics dividing us.

You cannot even define what black culture is, yet you say his is central to everything, LMAO.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A phase? Keep telling yourself that.

Nice attempt at rewriting history.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Why do you make everything seem like it’s some kind of revenge?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I dont do that. Its you that perceives it like so.

Basically, thats a you problem, not a me problem.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 11 minutes ago
TBAB
Lets use your logic for a minute then.

The UK is 81% white or thereabouts.

Only 11% of BBC employees are non white.

Going by your logic, the BBC need to get that up to at least 19%.

I suggest that from now on the BBC should only give jobs to non whites until such a time when the percentage reflects the population.

Thanks for the idea.
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Black percentage was 4% and Asian 5 % in UK so it was more like more like 9 per cent not white, so 11% non white at beeb would be about right.

If population is now 19% black, Asian, then yes, around 19% should be from that community.

That was my point....employed,can Only represent the population around them.

My figures must be outdated from an older census.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not all black and Asian people think as you presume.

Skin tone does not matter, but the person inside.

It's just a phase we are going through with silly race identity politics dividing us.

You cannot even define what black culture is, yet you say his is central to everything, LMAO.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A phase?Keep telling yourself that.

Nice attempt at rewriting history.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It's a silly phase, once you calm down and stop trying to achieve equality of opportunity and stop making such a fuss when you claim people are being mean to you the sooner we can all be happy together again

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not all black and Asian people think as you presume.

Skin tone does not matter, but the person inside.

It's just a phase we are going through with silly race identity politics dividing us.

You cannot even define what black culture is, yet you say his is central to everything, LMAO.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A phase?Keep telling yourself that.

Nice attempt at rewriting history.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not all black people have race at centre stage of their lives.

People outside big English cities do not give a fiddlers about race politics.

What does it matter if you are black or white?

You are turning clocks back, not progressing.

posted on 15/6/21

Black percentage was 4% and Asian 5 % in UK so it was more like more like 9 per cent not white, so 11% non white at beeb would be about right.
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So non white means just black and Asian alone?

Oh TBAB. You are hopeless.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 9 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not all black and Asian people think as you presume.

Skin tone does not matter, but the person inside.

It's just a phase we are going through with silly race identity politics dividing us.

You cannot even define what black culture is, yet you say his is central to everything, LMAO.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A phase?Keep telling yourself that.

Nice attempt at rewriting history.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not all black people have race at centre stage of their lives.

People outside big English cities do not give a fiddlers about race politics.

What does it matter if you are black or white?

You are turning clocks back, not progressing.
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And you are presenting the argument against progress for non white people.

If this was the civil war you'd be the south.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Why do you make everything seem like it’s some kind of revenge?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I dont do that. Its you that perceives it like so.

Basically, thats a you problem, not a me problem.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Always someone else, eh Mamba?

posted on 15/6/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not all black and Asian people think as you presume.

Skin tone does not matter, but the person inside.

It's just a phase we are going through with silly race identity politics dividing us.

You cannot even define what black culture is, yet you say his is central to everything, LMAO.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A phase?Keep telling yourself that.

Nice attempt at rewriting history.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It's a silly phase, once you calm down and stop trying to achieve equality of opportunity and stop making such a fuss when you claim people are being mean to you the sooner we can all be happy together again
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Equality is fine and all.men and women are equal, in my eyes.

Making everything about skin pigmentation, accident of birth, is regressive and sad.

Many black and Asian people think this way and are human first, not a colour.

That does not excuse racism or mean i reject justice and equality....from.any quarter.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Why do you make everything seem like it’s some kind of revenge?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I dont do that. Its you that perceives it like so.

Basically, thats a you problem, not a me problem.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Are you a teenage American?

posted on 15/6/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 58 seconds ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not all black and Asian people think as you presume.

Skin tone does not matter, but the person inside.

It's just a phase we are going through with silly race identity politics dividing us.

You cannot even define what black culture is, yet you say his is central to everything, LMAO.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A phase?Keep telling yourself that.

Nice attempt at rewriting history.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It's a silly phase, once you calm down and stop trying to achieve equality of opportunity and stop making such a fuss when you claim people are being mean to you the sooner we can all be happy together again
----------------------------------------------------------------------


Well said. Trying to redress years of policies based on skin tone is replacing racism with racism. I will try to correct myself in future.

posted on 15/6/21

comment by thebluebellsarablue (U9292)
posted 32 seconds ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (U1282)
posted 1 minute ago

Why is skin tone always centre stage now?
-----
Skin tone has always been centre stage. For centuries.

You are only noticing it now because its the other guys getting jobs now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Why do you make everything seem like it’s some kind of revenge?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I dont do that. Its you that perceives it like so.

Basically, thats a you problem, not a me problem.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Are you a teenage American?
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No, I'm just a teenage dirtbag.

posted on 15/6/21

...baby

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