*drive-by, sorry to jump in* Okay, my best friend is British, and she's told me, "You know, in England race isn't even an issue. No one cares." I'm guessing your British friend is white, then? No offence to her, but that's crap. We have a million and twelve race issues. We have a huge shitty colonial past to deal with, just for starters. I do see some Brits/Europeans get a bit arsey about race debates on lj and they come off badly if they don't think carefully before they post. Issues here are very much present, but they are different. Sometimes, I think, internet=USA assumptions make non-US readers take very dodgy positions just to step back from those assumptions. It's dumb, but I understand the impulse.
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Date: 2007-08-06 02:00 pm (UTC)Okay, my best friend is British, and she's told me, "You know, in England race isn't even an issue. No one cares." I'm guessing your British friend is white, then? No offence to her, but that's crap. We have a million and twelve race issues. We have a huge shitty colonial past to deal with, just for starters. I do see some Brits/Europeans get a bit arsey about race debates on lj and they come off badly if they don't think carefully before they post. Issues here are very much present, but they are different. Sometimes, I think, internet=USA assumptions make non-US readers take very dodgy positions just to step back from those assumptions. It's dumb, but I understand the impulse.