I am sorry this is the 21st century. People don't get to use naivity as an excuse.
People need to stop making excuses for ignorance. Its not up to a minority to educate people. If it was really just stupidity and not racism that 'oh can a black woman have a black baby' then google it. Dont ask a question which anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows is going to cause issues.
I am Canadian does that make me a different race then you
Nationalities are not races. Perhaps get your terms straight.
And you're right, there are many races (not nationalities in the UK). Its a shame that all white men were chosen to comment on racism.
Good for you, but you don't speak for all minorities.
That is one of the biggest issues in the US and with BLM. And in Canada as well not only with BLM but also indigenous rights. That caucasians are trying to 'explain racism' to minorities. That they are taking attention away from those who have experienced it and know what they are talking about.
Yes its important to involve everyone. Its important to involve men in women's issues as women need men's support. And the other way around. But the emphasis is on the word INVOLVE. Not have a pannel of white people, talking about minorities and not including any of representative of that minority in the talk.
I can see racism every day. And I can feel the pain of it when I see what my brother in law or my godchildren go through. But does that mean I can fully talk about the impact racism? No. Because I have the luxury of not experiencing it. Of watching it from a distance.
You say all minorities should have the right to talk not just black. I agree. But since when is being white in the UK a minority? That was the issue. Was there a racial minority speaking? Was there a woman? No.
It makes me sick this is the 21st century.
We say we champion minorities and ending racism. But when a minority speaks of the racism she experiences, we downplay it. We call it fake. We explain it away. Because its Meghan, and no one likes her.
Heck even people claiming she isn't 'black enough' to experience racism.
We talk about mental health. Royals have 'heads together campaigns' and we applaud their support for mental health. Talk about getting rid of the taboo of talking about mental health. But the second someone actually comes out and talks about being suicidal and fighting with mental health? She is lying, she is looking for attention, she is attacking the royal family.
And people wonder why people commit suicide instead of looking for help.