Interesting Links for 31-07-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Racism and travellers in the UK

(tags:UK racism )

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

I totally misunderstand the notion of racism. Gypsies (known these days as travelers) are of the same race as the "white Europeans"), are not they. Well, otoh, race is a social construct. People who look different than you, are assigned a different race. Attitudes may vary. I remember in the North (Russia, Sweden) boys and girls with dark hair - a rare kind - were viewed as more interesting than the regular boring blonds.

[andrewducker]

Anything where people go "Those people are intrinsically different" and treat them differently because of it.

[mountainkiss]

I'm not sure that's quite right, is it? I mean, this would be true of homophobia.

[andrewducker]

Good point. By "people", I was thinking of when you refer to a group as being "a people", which is generally by lineage or cultural grouping. Otherwise, yes, it would cover homophobia. Or sexism.

[cmcmck]

Romani (I 'm of the blood myself- quarter Romani) are more complex than that with ancestry reaching back to northern India.