Laurie Penny in her latest New Statesman col, ostensibly about Boris Johnson (but I reckon someones guilty conscience is playing up). Apparently Jeremy Clarkson may be racist but only in the sense that we are all racist. That is because almost everybody is racist, because we were all born and raised in a society whose fundamental assumptions have been racist, colonialist and white supremacist for an extremely long time. I’m not claiming to be some sort of magic exception. I’m racist. I’m not proud of it. Im not very racist, and I do my best to be as not-racist and as anti-racist as possible. The reason we need to end the taboo around the ‘r’ word is that until we can face up to our own racism, we’re not going to be able to change it. We cant sack all the racists in the world because if we did, nobody would have a job. As she writes addressing Boris: You’re not oppressed, you’re just uncomfortable – and for damn good reason. Right back atcha! madammiaow.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/laurie-penny-defriends-woman-of-colour.html
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 20:11:38 +0000
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