Thread: Has to be Racist Surely
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Old 26-04-2005, 06:58   #88
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Re: Has to be Racist Surely
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Originally Posted by BBKing
Is this racist?

http://www.ipswich-bs.co.uk/index2.htm



You can't avail yourself of certain financial services at IBS unless you live in East Anglia. How is this different from being unable to avail yourself of certain financial services unless you or your ancestors lived in India? The only difference I can think of is that you can always move to the area if you want an account there, but you can't change your ancestry.

Would Spike Milligan's descendents be able to use the LloydsTSB scheme, do we know? He was born in India, after all. He didn't go to Ireland till he was 29, by the way, yet is still known as an Irishman. People have a nasty habit of not staying in the pigeonholes you put them in - sometimes it's best not to put them in pigeonholes.
An earlier post detailed the criteria under which it is considered that racial discrimination is considered to have occurred. These include racial, religious and ethnic inequality... I don't think "not living in Ipswich" comes under the umbrella, as the offe appears open to all races, ethnice groups etc in those postcodes.
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