Last month on 21st March (International Day against Racism).
I know from my personal experience that I have been victim of racism (once before). I am telling you that was ugly. Terribly ugly. Racism is ugly.
This was me being victimised of racism (being verbally abused racially in 2016 following the Brexit vote that drove up rise of hate crime). newsroom.iza.org hrw.org google.co.uk google.co.uk I even recall telling my blogger friend Roger Tichborne about it & he did published on his own blog the Barnet Eye. barneteye.blogspot.com
It was so unfortunate that it really happened to me for first time in my life in the multicultural country (the United Kingdom) that I became victimised of racism. I hope and pray that shouldn’t happen to me again. Even if I am going to be treated awfully & unfairly because I am black & that I am likely to be discriminated mostly based on my race/ethnicity/skin colour. Good for my friend who assured me by saying to me in his blog post that I should feel pity for people who is racist & not educated instead of getting upset or angry. That can be the only way to break the cycle of racism based on their ignorance. Which everyone can do anything that by not having to be upset or angry if someone is a racist & that he/she do feel pity for the person & possibly report to the authorities if it does escalate into abuse (verbal abuse, physical abuse or online abuse which the person can block person if he/she made outrageously remarks that is shockingly racist).
I even published my previous blog post of why the immigration system in the UK is ungrateful. Go and read it if you want to know more about it. mrlimitless95.blogspot.com
Furthermore, the recent news about Meghan Markle interview with Oprah Winfrey. google.co.uk
The media outlets in the UK (who are Right Wing/Conservative) cannot stand Meghan Markle cos she’s black (mixed race), being married to Prince Harry & critics like Piers Morgan had been messing around, saying “how awful is Meghan Markle” this and that. No wonder the Oprah Winfrey interview highlighted with shocking revelation that there is systemic racism in the royal setting (in the Royal Family) regarding baby Archie & skin colour. That interview had really stunned me with shocking revelations about racism in the royal setting. I know for the fact that there is institutional racism in institutions (some institutions) like the Metropolitan Police in London for example. Racism within the royal setting (or the Firm) in the monarchy never crossed my mind despite there are historical facts about how racism had played its part alongside colonialism (or imperialism) in the British Empire.
Recently the government here in the UK have foolishly published the hogwash report, denying that there is racism (in all forms including systemic racism). Just to gaslight everyone given it is the diverse nation with many people with different backgrounds and cultures. bbc.co.uk amp.theguardian.com npr.org aljazeera.com
google.co.uk No wonder the experts from the UN (United Nations) were not happy about it. The hogwash UK government report on racism & the senior adviser who is from ethnic minority background (& black) had recently stepped down. google.co.uk google.co.uk news.sky.com
Even the PM Boris Johnson had previously said stuff that were racist.
For very long time, blacks have been mostly been targeted to be victims of racism. George Floyd incident in Minneapolis, Minnesota almost a year had sparked a big conversation in America, Britain & the world. It is an reminder that Black lives really do matter. Since that blacks in USA & other parts of the world including here in the UK have been victim of all sorts of racism including racial profiling, hate crime & systemic racism. Recently & sadly, anti Asian racism is on the rise increasingly. Because of racial slurs/remarks by racists, bigots, xenophobes & Donald Trump at the start of the Covid pandemic, Asians and Asian Americans have been horribly targeted. The recent incident in Atlanta, Georgia, USA shows racism in any forms is never acceptable. Especially with recent news from 13 years old boy who was Latino to recent gun incident with Sikhs being named as victims at FedEx building. amp.cnn.com apnews.com Asian Americans & African Americans (black Americans) being targeted racially. Especially with the situation about the shooting of Daunte Wright & Black soldier being harassed by racist & ignorant police officer. amp.cnn.com theguardian.com youtu.be youtu.be Solider being charged with assault on black man. Black teenage girl being shot by the officer before the court verdict of the murder of George Floyd.
youtu.be Worst of all, young black girl being pepper sprayed by the police. google.co.uk
I mean, it is very sad & unbelievable. I wish Trunp didn’t win the presidency. Imagine if Donald Trump wasn’t elected in 2016 US Presidential election (endorsed by racists like KKK, Proud Boys & White supremacists) then none of all the events would had happened. m.youtube.com m.youtube.com Given he had been smearing Barack Obama racially about the fact that he (Obama) was America’s first black President with lies & nonsense stuff (birther conspiracy theory) that he (Obama) wasn’t born in the United States. youtu.be youtu.be youtu.be Everyone knows that for the fact that Barack Obama (44th US President) was born in America.
Plus yesterday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, justice have been served. The court verdict shows that the police officer Derek Chauvin is guilty of murder (who kneed on Mr Floyd’s neck to death).
I hope & pray this can be the beginning when real change does happen in USA. The cycle of racism must end. Racism (including systemic/institutional racism, stereotypes & racial profiling) must be eradicated in America & the world & here in the UK. After all, racism (in all forms & other prejudice & discrimination) is never acceptable in all societies.
That’s why countries in the world should do more to fight racism and eliminate it completely once for all. No to racism in all forms. Racism and other forms of prejudice & discrimination makes us sick to our stomachs. I say this because I know my mother have endured racist period from her experience (& my mum’s family) when her country South Africa was under the racist government in the apartheid era. Even the United States with unpleasant history from slavery to Jim Crow segregation laws. Even European countries like the UK used to have slavery until the country (the UK which was the first country ever) to abolish it.
Finally, check out the song “Get your knees off my brothers’s neck” by my friend’s band the False Dots.
Also watch the US information film from the 1940s called “Don’t be a sucker”.
That is all I can say about this topic about racism in all forms. No to racism & that we must keep on fighting racism.
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