"Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up. Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased" The irony is, yes, white privilege protects you from "diseased" thoughts. THAT IS THE POINT.https://gu.com/p/be3k5/stw
TBH I don't think we agree on how interpret racist acts, not on if he had a mens rea. I don't think the mens rea is relevant here at all because it's not a court and because racist acts don't need a mens rea to be classed as racism.
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Basically, I don't think the BBC sacking him is wrong and I also don't think it matters what his intent was because this is not a court. If you want to take this to court and find out what the law says, a mens rea is not the only way to determine hate speech in the UK.
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Either way malice or intent to me in this specific case are red herrings.
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Anyway maybe this is a good thing to link to here so the context of how racism of this sort plays out is understood:https://twitter.com/CharleneWhite/status/1126424116389666816 …
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PS: Listen to black women.
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