Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 18/07/2025So much about this story is depressing to me, from the mad understanding of “how the development of racist thought works” from someone who once got this stuff and who should have been allowed a dignified exit, to the way v few official responses even bother to mention racism against GRT people. 1820246
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Indeed. Bleakly depressing that we are still on “oh, you can’t tell”. No, I think people visibly think they can tell who is GRT, and we are about to have a prolonged period demonstrating that racism is completely accepted! And they visibly think they can tell with street racism against Jews.Dan Davies@dsquareddigest.bsky.socialIt's "local playing field taken over" season at Reach Newspapers too 10835
Peadar @virginianx.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Abbott is thick as 5hit. How does anyone take her seriously? 200
Cobie Cipher Triangulation Agency @cobieef.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Yeah, it's definitely her who is the issue, not the government who rolled back anti-racist reforms to sentencing guidelines or who are fine with a Muslim kid being shit 355 times in Gaza, or who have targeted minority groups constantly since achieving power. 230
NG @ng1978.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Echoes of Ken Livingstone’s self-destruction. In both cases sad that it ended like this and an inability or unwillingness to know when to STFU. 010
Polly Fiona @coachpolly.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Yes utterly depressing and sad for myriad reasons x 000
Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Yes. But the issue is in many ways the label ‘GRT’ itself, which lumps together groups with distinct histories and cultures, as well as challenges, and which creates confusion and misunderstanding. www.bigissue.com/opinion/roma...bigissue.comEverything you think you know about Romani people is probably wrongRomani people have a rich and varied culture that is not easily understood, sometimes even by ourselves, writes Madeline Potter. 020
stockfttp.bsky.social @stockfttp.bsky.social · 18/07/2025I can't believe keeping DA inside the tent is causing problems. That seemed such an unlikely outcome... 021
Treblig 🇺🇦 @camtreblig.bsky.social · 18/07/2025The GRT one seems particularly egregious imho because you have governments of EU member states engaged in active persecution of GRT people. This isn’t some abstract concept, this is government policy is some countries 160
Emma Burnell @emmaburnell.bsky.social · 18/07/2025I agree with all of this. When we covered this on House of Comments, I was pleased that we interviewed Friends, Families and Travellers. it does seem to be the constantly missed part of the story. 110
Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 18/07/2025I’ve been struggling with this as a white person with Jewish family. I don’t feel qualified to talk about racism Diane Abbott has experienced but it felt wholly wrong of her to suggest there’s a hierarchy of racism & not understand how that is offensive to other groups who experience discrimination 120
Tarn @tarn-n.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Canting Tribe folks have had their heads measured by Nazi's, with the government's permission and our kids were forced through "white washing procedures" so the British Empire could sell our kids off for unpaid labour, for an extra buck... And she comes out with this? 110
mrswh.bsky.social @mrswh.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Doesn’t the very idea of “hierarchy of racism” play into racists hands? It’s something that colonisers have actively fostered all over the world. Dividing people into smaller groups makes it harder for them to fight the cause of the problem. 010