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I am pro EU and pro immigrant but I had a discussion with a Romanian waiter at a family meal in a pub in Gloucester last night that made me realise its all murkier than I thought.
He reckoned about 50% of his compatriots come to this country with no intention of settling. He reckons they deliberately target jobs in the black market and do not pay income tax. They have no intention staying here long term but look to make as much money as they can before returning home. I was surprised he felt the numbers were that high and have no way of knowing how accurate he is.
So there is a two fold problem with a significant proportion of Romanians appearing to abuse the system and British employers being complicit in all of this and benefitting with cheap labour.
It's three-fold because the state is on it too.
Only three out of 700 firms prosecuted for paying below minimum wage: https://www.theguardian.com/society/...w-minimum-wage
And then you get comments such as this..
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entr...b02e9bdb0e2c77
National outrage over an MP using a word that black rappers use constantly to describe themselves. It's a strange world we live in.
Language evolves and the current situation with regard to that word is that it seems to be acceptable to some sections of the community and not to others. Ordinarily, a situation like that word be hard to justify, but, we're talking about the colour of people's skin here and so I would argue that normal rules do not apply.
It's far from the best example, but I can see similarities with the way we sing 1-0 to the sheepshaggers, while opposing fans shout sheepshaggers at us as a term of abuse. It's down to the context in which people use the word - one group uses it hoping to offend and would face calls from some of being racist, while with the other its usage can be seen as self deprecating humour or even a badge of honour.
With regard to the "National outrage" as you call it, all I'll say is that any white politician who uses a term like that shows a lack of understanding, a crass stupidity and an attitude more at home in the world as it was around one hundred years ago that should mean they forfeit the right to expect the vote of anyone with a modicum of intelligence.
Bob
You say ordinary rules don't apply because of a person's skin colour. That is the very definition of racism. I know you don't intend for it to be racist, but when we start treating people differently and allowing them to act differently to each other based solely on skin tone, then we are promulgating race distinction via the backdoor.
Either the word is acceptable to all or none at all.
The way Africans were treated was a crime against humanity, not just a crime against africans. Africans betrayed Africans, Europeans abused that betrayal.
I remember a black person saying they had earned the "right" to be able to use it as they wish.
White people have not.
Do you care to explain why? The MP who used the word is bang out of order. It's a horrible word, and one that I've never used in my life, so why do black people find it acceptable in rapping lyrics. I don't buy into ToBW's explanation about the sheepshagging chants. As a Welshman, I don't get offended at all if someone calls me a sheepshagger. I see the humour in it.
There is no humour or justification in the modern world for anybody to be using the "N" word.
The white race has historically treated black people like complete dirt so I think we'll let them have this one little word eh!.
They are popularising it for a reason.
Instead of being something they are ashamed of they are wearing it with pride so racists feel the idiots.