Friday, 23 October 2015

‘When I Needed A Neighbour Were You There?’: Addressing Racism In Britain, The Elephant In The Room



Siana Bangura and Racism

http://www.blackballad.co.uk/siana-bangura-racist-train-to-liverpool-story/

To be frank in response to the above article, the system in the UK is institutionally racist. This inherit racist appears predominately in the western world ( USA and UK). Racism appears to be a "natural" thing by which the ruling majority attack the minority. This is just the way it is and probably always going to be...

Looking at these videos from Tupac in 1994, he predicts most of what we are seeing today over 20 years ago:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL3B5tHpj1Y



It is funny how Siana is seen as very black, whilst in the University of Cambridge, a historically traditional and a predominately "white (upper middle class) university".  From my experience, this university tends to clash with modern society, as it has often been described as a elitist bubble . In University people ensured for example my corridor was called Gangsta's Paradise and people would rate or judge me for being black simply because in some cases I was the first black person they had met so every stereotype of a black person was assumed true for me.


I don't think the UK will change much as the racism is built into every fabric of the UK and if anything, people are just more closet racists now. I doubt change will or can happen though, but perhaps it is down to us individuals to change the system by force. I believe it's going to be hard work to change the UK: the question is, is it really worth it? Or should us, (we the people) from ethnic minorities move out or go back to our home countries?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR3gfLa5c50

Or will scenes like the start of the above video be more acceptable in the workplace?


Now we have mass shootings in USA!! And people protesting proving the point: the system is institutionally racist.