Ostroeuropa wrote:Divitaen wrote:
It doesn't mean we can't condemn racism when it clearly rears itself in political campaigns. Even if there are unaddressed underlying causes of that racism, racism still needs to be condemned and pointed out nonetheless. Its not 'painting over the cracks' to point out an actual intolerance and bigotry that exists.
Yeh yeh, spend endless hours talking about the smoke and waving it away and refusing to do anything about the fire, i'm sure that's productive.
Meanwhile, the racist factions are pointing out the actual problems the country has and saying "It's because of minorities."
Why do you think this is a winning strategy of yours, when it's just lost and is losing ground ALL over the western world?
It lost because BAME turnout was lower than white turnout, as usual. If the Remain campaign had focussed on a message of defending immigration actively in the name of racial equality and tolerance, instead of just pushing a negative, fearful message about the albeit terrifying economic consequences of leaving, maybe BAME voters would actually have been enthusiastic enough to turn out and swing the result. Point is, its not a losing strategy to point out racism where it exists, and since you seem to agree that the Leave campaign was tinged in racial prejudice and intolerance, how can you agree that the racist voters got it right when, as you said, they seem to get the symptoms right but they blame the wrong people and group?