A very moving story.
https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/1365323805208543236
There is, of course, a racial aspect to this story, as there is to every story, which is that I would not have listened to it, if the family concerned had not been White, as I assumed it was. Otherwise, police indifference would have been put down to "institutional racism".
With 3 daughters of his own, David was very moved by the case; he could empathise with Jessie's parents, only too well, as could I. But for him, race doesn't come into it. That would be RACIST. For David, I am a RACIST, because for me RACE does come into it. It just does.
As with an England football team, if the players aren't all English/White, I can't identify with it. I just can't. But for David, that's RACIST.
I wanted to discuss this with him, but he won't talk with a RACIST. So, instead, I tweet about it, because it's important.
I wanted to discuss this with him, but he won't talk with a RACIST. So, instead, I tweet about it, because it's important.
It's important, because it is not just David who thinks like this. It's the official, British way of thinking, & anyone who dissents is deemed a RACIST. Big Brother decides how we ALL should & shouldn't FEEL & THINK about RACE.
The irony is that #DavidAaronovitch was awarded the #OrwellPrize for his political writing back in 2001, but doesn't hesitate in supporting #BigBrother when it comes to telling people how they should & shouldn't feel & think about race.
He doesn't recognise this, of course.
He doesn't recognise this, of course.
He believes that he is being a good anti-fascist & anti-racist, not realising that #BigBro embraced anti-fascism & anti-racism as a means of asserting a spurious moral authority over Western "democracies".
State & academic authority (Big Bro) have made a moral imperative of colour-blindness (which involves the demonisation & suppression of any sense of White racial identity) & racial mixing, any opposition to which is deemed RACIST.
The moral justification for this authoritarian attitude is #NeverAgain. It's about suppressing human tribalism, which the Nazis had abused for their own evil purposes.
Only, human tribalism is as inherent & essential to being human as is our sexuality.
Only, human tribalism is as inherent & essential to being human as is our sexuality.
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