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Certainly there are “classic” left/right narratives being exposed by this story. But surely there must still be a solid center position of revulsion by clear racism apart from politically driven drivel that dominates the media?
Yes, but I think a center position must accept that there is a difference between racial abuse directed towards the powerful group & the same directed towards the less powerful. There are different historical, contextual & institutional dynamics in play.
Agree. But these differences cannot result in blatantly racist remarks being downgraded to merely funny or irrelevant. If so, racism as a concept becomes either weak or harmful, and the consequence will be far more racism - of the kind we all deplore.
Yes, I agree with that. I've noticed that the BBC have changed their story so that "racist tweets" is now in quotes (I'm almost certain it wasn't before).
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