As an immigrant coming to the UK as a young child, I AM grateful for the opportunities it provided & a British passport. But, it is wrong to rebuke an ethnic minority for a viewpoint (that a white person may well share), with, why can’t you just be quiet and be grateful?
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The person making a statement may be someone you often disagree with and may say quite silly things, but play the argument and not a person’s ethnic identity. Surely it is the opposite of integration that many call for, to constantly remind folk of their different origins?
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Citizenship does include the right to an opinion others may disagree with. And that freedom extends to an ethnic minority (and in this case, they happen to have said something I don’t agree with *at all* but many white people also share that person’s opinion)
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Is it then racist to point out after someone’s statement (however infuriating) that they should be grateful for benefitting from this country. NO in my mind. But it is condescending - on the basis of race, bad taste & shows that instead of winning an argument, a race card is used
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Funny how it is often seen as good, frank, plain speaking behaviour to bemoan the use of any race card vis-a-vis ethnic minorities. (I wish the world was a level playing field). So, maybe don’t use such a race card when interacting with said ethnic minorities
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And a ‘Know Thy Place and be grateful’ statement is so condescending and *can* be othering. It is not racist to me. But such a statement barely reflects tolerance and openness, or treating people with fairness.
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That’s an interesting point though, do you think there is no obligation on someone arriving in a new country to act in a certain way? Particularly one which offers an expensive full-service welfare state to new arrivals?
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