Originally Posted by RizzyKing

This thread has demonstrated perfectly the main problem with race in the UK and the level of sensitivity much of it in my mind overly sensitive. As a white person (i hate labelling myself that way i am just another imperfect human being like 6 billion others) i never know what the correct terminology is from one year to the damn next. Once upon a time you couldn't or were ill advised to say black as you were somehow singling them out but now trying to be sensitve and using the generic term "coloured" gets you into trouble as well it really is pathetic.

As long as we keep identifying ourselves by colour, culture or religion we will have unrest in society because those definitions are alien from one group to the next only clearly being understood in the most general terms and reference. Why we cannot see each other as one more human being and act accordingly towards each other is completely beyond me why do some feel the need to attach labels unless they want to be different and if thats the case shut the hell up when someone makes comments based on that.

Diane abbot is not an idiot and having looked through the tweets much as i can find i see no relevent context for the comment she made so an apology isn't enough. I would like a clear explanation from her why she went off at that tangent bringing something into the conversation that was nothing to do with the subject matter. If she can do that i will happily abandon my belief she should resign which despite the protestations of one member is a common result of making these kinds of comments if you are white.