Black history month

[mids]

Sounds like all this talk of black lives mattering has been spineless posturing all along.

[perrykneeham]

May 27, 2022 14:33:50 GMT unclejunior said:

Sounds as though lots of people know who was responsible for what happened , but the problem once again is that nobody wants to go on the record in order that a conviction can be secured. Police can only offer limited protection & god forbid that the Police stared questioning local known gang members without bona fide evidence .......

Here's an idea. If someone who knows who dunnit tells me, I'll grass them up and we'll split the £20k.

[Repat Van]

May 27, 2022 14:33:50 GMT unclejunior said:

Sounds as though lots of people know who was responsible for what happened , but the problem once again is that nobody wants to go on the record in order that a conviction can be secured. Police can only offer limited protection & god forbid that the Police stared questioning local known gang members without bona fide evidence .......

Out of interest where have people read that “lots of people know who is responsible”?

[mids]

Their type always do.

[ootlg]

When I was a young hooligan we always knew who got up to what mischief in our 'manor'.

[unclejunior]

Don’t forget:

Black Lives Matter = good
White Lives Matter = abhorrent and racist
All Lives Matter = completely unacceptable to black people

That is the bizarre world of hypocrisy the Woke have created.

[ootlg]

If you knew anything about black people you wouldn't say that.

[unclejunior]

But I identify as a black person … you racist !

[ootlg]

That's cultural appropriation - you'll be cancelled.

[mids]

Sir Lenworth is troubled.

"Sir Lenny Henry has said it is "interesting" to see the apparent lack of black people in the audience at Glastonbury Festival.

The actor and comedian, 63, said he was also "surprised" by the lack of diverse faces at other UK festivals.

He made the comments while in conversation with BBC journalist and presenter Clive Myrie for Radio Times."


www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-61786611

[flatandy]

Why aren't there more black people at an event targeted at middle aged white dudes desperately trying to relive their younger years?

[mids]

I've only been once and it was in 1986. Two of the biggest bands that year were The Wailers (minus Bob, he was dead) and Black Uhuru or it might have been Burning Spear. Or both. All this talk of so-called "Stormy" breaking ground is pish. One of the memorable features was the large number of Rastas dotted about the place selling their wares. "Black 'ash!" they'd shout. "Black 'ash, 'ere!"

[unclejunior]

After all Lenny only spent 5 years playing in the Uncle Tom black & White minstrels…
I ve never seen a white band rocking the Notting Hill festival amongst all those black faces either

[flatandy]

Jun 14, 2022 17:10:54 GMT mids said:

I've only been once and it was in 1986. Two of the biggest bands that year were The Wailers (minus Bob, he was dead) and Black Uhuru or it might have been Burning Spear. Or both. All this talk of so-called "Stormy" breaking ground is pish. One of the memorable features was the large number of Rastas dotted about the place selling their wares. "Black 'ash!" they'd shout. "Black 'ash, 'ere!"

I went a few times in the mid-90s. I saw Robbie Williams, Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Radiohead and Billy Bragg. I don't know why people think it's not incredibly diverse. It had middle aged and older anglophone white men from both sides of the Atlantic.

[mids]

Your generation must have become massively racist. My generation had Ruby Turner, Amazulu, Pauline Black, Robert Cray and Gil Scott Heron as well as the ones mentioned above.


www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/history/history-1986/#:~:text=Acts%20included%3A%20The%20Cure%2C%20Madness,buy%20from%20the%20Glastonbury%20Shop.

[perrykneeham]

I suppose some black kids must have been inspired and encouraged by Sir Lenny. Sasha Johnson and Van to name but two. We have a thriving culture or professional black people, many of whom actually have decided to live their lives being a colour. TBF to Uncle Sir Tom Henry, he doesn't have such a thick hide that he pretends to have been held back, while simultaneously being a very well-regarded and paid public figure.

[flatandy]

Jun 14, 2022 17:48:34 GMT mids said:

Your generation must have become massively racist. My generation had Ruby Turner, Amazulu, Pauline Black, Robert Cray and Gil Scott Heron as well as the ones mentioned above.


www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/history/history-1986/#:~:text=Acts%20included%3A%20The%20Cure%2C%20Madness,buy%20from%20the%20Glastonbury%20Shop.

My first year apparently had Prodigy, Sting, Steve Winwood, Van Morrison, Supergrass, Beck, Ocean Colour Scene, The Levellers, Kula Shakur, Travis, Dodgy, Jools Holland, Stereophonics and more.

Can you think of a more diverse group?

[mids]

I like both lineups quite a lot, I have to say.

[flatandy]

Racist

[perrykneeham]

Racist.