That might be why so many white Brits pretend we live in a "colourblind" non-racist society I'm glad you agree.
but the general analysis in your comment doesn't reflect my views as a non-white Brit or the views of most of the non-white Brits I know. Do you mean my analysis of the difference between the two countries? How do you consider it flawed then?
Except that many of my non-white Brit friends who discuss race online are wrongly assumed to be USians even after they've corrected that misconception on multiple occasions. Doesn't that rather reinforce my point rather than contradicting it - Brits are so averse to seeing racism as an issue of confrontation that they will assume anyone who treats it as such must be an American, even when repeatedly told otherwise. We hate discussing race.
I and other non-white Brits involved in fandom have expressed our views repeatedly and been told they don't count because, apparently, there are still very many white Brits who don't want to hear or understand our points of view (plural) about the society and communities in which we live...I have also been told that my views about British racism don't count because I'm "in a minority" and supposedly "don't really understand" Britain/Britishness/British people (which is, of course, a racist response to my existence as a non-white Brit). I don't know how to respond to that beyond the usual sick feeling of flailing helplessness when confronted by racism, I am quoting it though to show you that I am not ignoring what you are saying.
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Date: 2008-02-27 04:07 pm (UTC)I'm glad you agree.
Do you mean my analysis of the difference between the two countries? How do you consider it flawed then?
Doesn't that rather reinforce my point rather than contradicting it - Brits are so averse to seeing racism as an issue of confrontation that they will assume anyone who treats it as such must be an American, even when repeatedly told otherwise. We hate discussing race.
I don't know how to respond to that beyond the usual sick feeling of flailing helplessness when confronted by racism, I am quoting it though to show you that I am not ignoring what you are saying.