@OpBlackVote@LabourBlackWom1@CLSUK1974@labourblacksoc1@socialistsunday We think it's fair to expect? No, actually, as socialists, we think it's a fundamental principle demand that @TheLabourParty_ be a shining example of race equality and opportunity for Black people. This report shows that the party neither values nor respects its Black members.
Here's the damming evidence of the deep cultural dysfunctionality of the party administration that advocates for equality and justice, as a means of masking a horrific internal culture that cultivates a white perspective on racism that prioritised anti-semitism above all else.
Here is the evidence of preformative, cosmetic anti-racism by @TheLabourParty_ administration that at its most senior levels is almost a totally white political regime, and all white spaces, lead to black disgraces.
It's the same theme repeated over and over again. London is the most hyperdiverse city in the world with a population that looks like the future. In stark contrast, Labour's regional team looks like a throwback to the 1950s.
That old 2/3rd human plantation rule has now become a cultural norm. Black communities are not shocked but are deeply embarrassed and angry that such a culture should be allowed to exist, much less flourish in the @TheLabourParty_
Here's how it works for us. Eminently qualified, routinely passed over.
Entrenched 'socialist' white privilege and black disadvantage in the Labour Party.
The slack habits and old legacies of colonialism loom large in the party. First, there's the colonial offence; secondly, the assumption that pubs are socialising spaces for all faiths and ethnicities; thirdly, there's the drinking culture. It feels like a 'hostile environment.'
The @TheLabourParty_ culture of institutional racism, sexism, and Islamophobia needs to be acknowledged just like Labours demands the new Met Commissioner does likewise. First rule of anti-racism is an honest acknowledgement of the issues and a programme of black empowerment.
And our very own @MarshadeCordova and @Keir_Starmer most senior black politician at the time, voted with her feet and resigned in protest once she saw the vacuous nature of Labour's paper-thin commitment to deal equality. voice-online.co.uk/news/2021/09/1…
And here, in all its performative, cosmetic anti-racist glory, is the opportunistic and transactional nature of Labour's declared commitment to anti-racism labour.org.uk/press/labour-d…
And just to add insult to injury - this is Baroness Lawrence's report on the effects of Covid -19 and the wider issue of systemic racism making powerful recommendations to @UKLabour none of which have been heard of since. lawrencereview.co.uk
And here is @Keir_Starmer speaking with Doreen Lawrence on racism. His warm words in this interview and the stone-cold realities of culture in Labour are light years apart.
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Not one African Caribbean individual or community organisation has been consulted or involved in the recruitment process for the New Met Commissioner. This is in a city where 2m people are of African descent. bit.ly/3ablzeM@ukhomeoffice@CollegeofPolice@TheVoiceNews
This is a fundamental error when considering the profound crisis in relations between the @metpoliceuk and London's African, Asian and Caribbean communities. A group of predominantly white men will be responsible for assessing the two candidates' understanding of institutional...
..racism and let's remind ourselves institutional racism is a reality that is totally rejected by @BorisJohnson@pritipatel and @kitmalthouse The @MayorofLondon is more sympathetic but even he has been sidelined in this whole process rendered silent by his @TfL budget crisis...
" We accept that policing still contains racism, discrimination and bias. We are ashamed of those truths, we apologise for them and we are determined to change them.” Then how do you repair the collateral damage done to Black communities by decades of criminalisation?
"Policing will ensure that officers and staff understand the history of policing Black people and the ongoing impact and trauma of disproportionality." One thing's for sure we have our own historical account of our relationship with the police. That story will be told.
White socialists can share the same racist views as the elite. Brexit made that plain. Lexiteers are happy to collude with xenophobia under cover of improving the plight of working class. The degree of class collaboration with the ruling elite is staggering. #socialistssunday
Some white socialist are blinded by white privilege, others adhere to a Stalinist ideological analysis that subjugates racism as a simply a by product of capitalism. Others see any black self organisation as a reactionary bourgeois threat to working class unity.
This economic reductionism trend has consistently marginalised black socialists. Black trade unionist are routinely failed by their Union representatives when it comes to challenging race which is why 98% of Race Employment Tribunals fail.
The problem for some sections of the left is their unrecognised paternalistic white privilege, class reductionism and anti fascist fetishisation at the expense of confronting systemic racism, is it condescendingly assumes that when it comes to fighting racism, they know best.
Anti fascism is the easiest form of anti racism to deal with given its binary nature. Tacking systemic racism is much more complex and demands you look at institutions, individuals and yourself in a critical light. This is sometimes reflexively seen as weakening the working class
It’s so much easier to chase bone head fascists than confront racist policing. Some on the left refuse to acknowledge their global position as a Labour aristocracy. They believe that they are the vanguard of working class struggle. All this amounts to an insufferable arrogance.