Saturday, June 14, 2014

Pass the dictionary...

OK - define "racist".  I ask because lately it seems to have become a catch-all word - one of those which, in the words of Humpty Dumpty "means just what I choose it to mean".  Back in simpler times, it meant someone who didn't like coloured people, or more specifically, treated them differently because of the colour of their skin. But today it seems to have an extended meaning of anyone who objects to anybody coming here from anywhere else.  What would at one time have been called a xenophobe.  Of course, what constitutes "here" and "anywhere else" can vary from person to person. It all depends on whether you see yourself as English (or Welsh or Scottish), British or European.  So - are you a racist?

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