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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1048111" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">. . . . . </span>I'm white, and I'm damn well not priviliged - you'd really struggle to find anyone less priviliged than me! Dad was a copper, Mum's a nurse - salt of the eart working class background me, from the rough end of town. Stuff you, and your claims that I have any privilege!"</p><p>So... you came from a two-parent household then, with two income streams - did your parents own the house or rent? did they have a car?</p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">. . . . . </span>That's nothing to do with it! My parents worked bloody hard to pay for those things!</p><p>Have you ever been abused by people you don't know, just because of your colour?</p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">. . . . . </span>Yeah - when I was in Glasgow for the football.</p><p>The... colour of your skin, not your shirt.... OK - have you ever had the sh<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">i</span>t kicked out of you because you held hands with your lover?</p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">. . . . . </span>No, and I don't know anyone who's told me it happened to them, so it can't be that common.</p><p>Have you ever been denied a drink because of your accent?</p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">. . . . . </span>Yeah, the bas<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">t</span>ard said I was slurring - I'd only had 6!</p><p>Okay then - have you ever been denied a promotion at work because someone less qualified, but less likely to be called away for childcare also applied?</p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">. . . . . </span>How dare you say I'm not a great dad! but yeah, I've missed out on promotions at work because some Polish bloke came over and stole my job.</p><p>There aren't any polish people at all at your work, but... erm... okay...</p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">. . . . . </span>Talk of combating racism/sexism/homophobia in this country is a solution looking for a problem - trouble is, that problem simply doesn't exist. Let's talk about voter fraud instead!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1048111, member: 73592"] [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]. . . . . [/COLOR]I'm white, and I'm damn well not priviliged - you'd really struggle to find anyone less priviliged than me! Dad was a copper, Mum's a nurse - salt of the eart working class background me, from the rough end of town. Stuff you, and your claims that I have any privilege!" So... you came from a two-parent household then, with two income streams - did your parents own the house or rent? did they have a car? [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]. . . . . [/COLOR]That's nothing to do with it! My parents worked bloody hard to pay for those things! Have you ever been abused by people you don't know, just because of your colour? [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]. . . . . [/COLOR]Yeah - when I was in Glasgow for the football. The... colour of your skin, not your shirt.... OK - have you ever had the sh[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]i[/COLOR]t kicked out of you because you held hands with your lover? [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]. . . . . [/COLOR]No, and I don't know anyone who's told me it happened to them, so it can't be that common. Have you ever been denied a drink because of your accent? [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]. . . . . [/COLOR]Yeah, the bas[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]t[/COLOR]ard said I was slurring - I'd only had 6! Okay then - have you ever been denied a promotion at work because someone less qualified, but less likely to be called away for childcare also applied? [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]. . . . . [/COLOR]How dare you say I'm not a great dad! but yeah, I've missed out on promotions at work because some Polish bloke came over and stole my job. There aren't any polish people at all at your work, but... erm... okay... [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]. . . . . [/COLOR]Talk of combating racism/sexism/homophobia in this country is a solution looking for a problem - trouble is, that problem simply doesn't exist. Let's talk about voter fraud instead! [/QUOTE]
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