TheScarf Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 The idea that Scotland is behind England in ethnic or racial acceptance is laughable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 7 hours ago, Dee Man said: Hasn't Peterhead Prison been shut for years? Where have all the paedos gone? Long time passing Where have all the paedos gone? Long time ago Where have all the paedos gone? The BBC hired every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 An Indian guy in work showed me some viral video with a Scottish guy in it the other week and said "Come and see this video with a Scotty guy in it". I just want to know if I should have been offended or not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Mark Connolly said: Everyone should wear a badge stating place of birth, family history and big team. A nice coloured star would do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Angusfifer said: So she was Scottish, not Chinese then? An accent does not a person maketh. Even a Fife one. She probably was Scottish however... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 18 minutes ago, Dee Man said: An Indian guy in work showed me some viral video with a Scottish guy in it the other week and said "Come and see this video with a Scotty guy in it". I just want to know if I should have been offended or not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Using the "it's just the way it was in their time" excuse for the racist language your parents or grandparents use just doesn't wash with me. I can honestly both my parents and all of my grandparents, including my maternal who grew up in Nazi ruled Germany, have nothing used racist language casually or otherwise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Using the "it's just the way it was in their time" excuse for the racist language your parents or grandparents use just doesn't wash with me. I can honestly both my parents and all of my grandparents, including my maternal who grew up in Nazi ruled Germany, have nothing used racist language casually or otherwise. Correct. Can I ask where you are from? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, Brother Blades said: Correct. Can I ask where you are from? Inverkeithing, Scottish parents, German grandmother and according to Ancestry DNA 3% Swedish, 10% Norwegian, tusen takk! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Inverkeithing, Scottish parents, German grandmother and according to Ancestry DNA 3% Swedish, 10% Norwegian, tusen takk! Yeah, but where are you really from? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 So she was Scottish, not Chinese then?I probably should have been more specific. Born in Hong Kong but brought up in Scotland. So a Scot of Asian origin. I agree some sort of badge or card we can all carry with an explanation of our ethnicity would help things (don’t suggest it out loud though Farage might have it as his first actual policy) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Yeah, but where are you really from? Africa, man, like we all are. Why can't we just get on and gang up on the Basques? Nobody knows where the f**k they're from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 18 hours ago, Detournement said: That's the difference between where you are from and where you live/stay (stay entertains the English no end). You can change where you live you can't change where you are from. Erm yes you quite clearly can, as local, regional, national identities are in fact self-selected to a great degree. Someone who was born and raised in Glasgow years ago can still consider London (or anywhere else in the world) the place that they're from in the present day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Part of the problem is that "Where are you from?" can mean anything from where do you live, where were you brought up, where were you born, what's your ethnicity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 20 hours ago, virginton said: What has 'deciding he's a cockney' got to do with anything? Hundreds of thousands of people from Scotland and northern England (to name just two regions) move to London and make it their home over each generation. They've got as much right to say that they're from London as anyone else, yet face questions about their 'real' background as well. Do they? Do they really? I think you're going to need to provide some examples of that. 20 hours ago, virginton said: If you had said that the question would never be asked of 'a white person with a thick cockney accent' then your point would be accurate. But you didn't. You just said 'a white person'. Which is demonstrably wrong. The word demonstrably normally implies that you actually show some evidence to prove something, rather than provide a load of hypotheticals that you've just made up. This is honestly a completely bizarre f*cking hill to die on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 This BBC Scotland sketch is quite good actually: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07hm1sj If that's is something that white British people experience on a regular basis then fair enough, I take it all back. I'd be surprised though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Carl Cort's Hamstring said: This BBC Scotland sketch is quite good actually: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07hm1sj If that's is something that white British people experience on a regular basis then fair enough, I take it all back. I'd be surprised though. You're not getting it, Scots get that all the time. Still getting over the time in a pub in England when somebody said "What are you having Jock?". Had to go straight to my hotel room and scrub myself in a hot shower to calm down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 25 minutes ago, Carl Cort's Hamstring said: Do they? Do they really? I think you're going to need to provide some examples of that. The word demonstrably normally implies that you actually show some evidence to prove something, rather than provide a load of hypotheticals that you've just made up. This is honestly a completely bizarre f*cking hill to die on. He thinks using big words and acting smug makes him look clever but he'll never see himself as others see him. I've fucked around on here for 7 year, yet I don't have a postcount in the millions. basicly there are 2 kinds of people on here, those who come on when they've nothing better to do and then those who never have anything better to do. guess which category he's in? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobles Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Cause Aberdonians are c***sTrue 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 In all seriousness, racists gone racist, no matter the country. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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