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Old 08-06-2020, 12:08   #129
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Re: Black Lives Matter

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Originally Posted by Mythica View Post
The focus needs to be on equality, so no, it fits perfect.
Really? Show me where the white population are being met by systemic racism?

As a global population we're not starting from a level playing field. Therefore efforts have to be focused on the worst affected areas first. which right now is the Black community

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I'd place us ahead of the USA on this, but wouldn't be complacent enough to say we don't have a problem - our history shows we definitely do.
We're ahead on the police side of things for a couple of reasons

1) Less armed police
2) Unionisation of the police in the UK has nowhere near the power that it holds in the US
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