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> Or when the BBC framed an Ad as racist, because it called out a politician's sectarian & anti-LGBTQ appeals This is an insane characterisation of that articl
by IshKebab 1y ago
> Or when the BBC framed an Ad as racist, because it called out a politician's sectarian & anti-LGBTQ appeals
This is an insane characterisation of that article, which seems fair to me and not at all what I was talking about. Wanting your race to be represented in politics is a perfectly reasonable view and it doesn't need "calling out".
- hitekker 1y agoYou should watch the original video, not just the BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kucaq6jkHMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kucaq6jkHMg . The reddit thread and other articles also provide context that the BBC article glossed over & excluded. The way I see it: a politician was intimating to a community, known for its conservative religious practices, that they can one day enforce their ideal in their children's education. If the dogwhistle is too quiet, consider how Muslims, Christians and other non-racial communities drove the US Supreme Court ruling to allow opt-out of LGBTQ education. IMHO, the insane idea is "a community is a race". As if South Asians getting more votes translates directly to "representing their race", not their culture or religion. It's a similar kind of crazy to "Islamophobia is basically racism" which the UK government has been trying to legislate: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2588955/amp https://www.arabnews.com/node/2588955/amp