Metropolitan Police accused of racism

[Derek]

By six officers. Six white officers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15341661

Six white police officers have accused Scotland Yard of racial discrimination, saying they are the victims of political correctness.

[Kingofthedead4]

Originally Posted by Derek

By six officers. Six white officers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15341661

I wondered how long it would take for this to happen, unfortunately we have been treated as a minority for too long by the pc brigade.

[devilincarnate]

This is the only part of the quote that gets my mind ticking over?

saying they are the victims of political correctness.

Or am I reading too much in to this part of the quote?

Originally Posted by BBC

Bill Wilson, the sergeant who led the team, has retired after a career of 30 years, but says ... "It's political correctness gone mad."

... which probably tells you all you need to know about the story. I wonder if he reads the Daily Mail.

Well it had to happen sometime .Reading the BBC article it seems a bit tit for tat ,i don't know if that is the beebs bias comming out or if that is just how it is but it will be interesting to see how other news sources tell the story

[Dai]

They do have a valid point nevertheless.

For example I wonder what would happen if you tried to create a "White Police Association"?

[marky]

Originally Posted by DaiNasty

They do have a valid point nevertheless.

For example I wonder what would happen if you tried to create a "White Police Association"?

Are you mad

[Gary L]

I've never liked them 'black association' things. it does nothing except make it look like it's a struggle and an achievement to be black.

and nobody realises how pathetic it looks.

to put it blunt. we were all equal when the wind was blowing East. but a black person decides that he doesn't like being normal, and wants to set up a black achievment kind of club. he or they want to make a point that he or they are different to the usual white.

we being white might want to join in and applaud the massive achievment.
either today or in the following 50 years.

nobody realises how pathetic it is.

Originally Posted by DaiNasty

They do have a valid point nevertheless.

For example I wonder what would happen if you tried to create a "White Police Association"?

I agree they have a very good point and i sincerely hope it works out because things have gone too far in favouring ethnics imo

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Originally Posted by Gary L

I've never liked them 'black association' things. it does nothing except make it look like it's a struggle and an achievement to be black.

and nobody realises how pathetic it looks.

Gary if you start with the sensible posts again i'm going to have to lie down for while

[Kingofthedead4]

The PC Brigade has caused most of this themselves. I remember when the world cup was on of football a few years ago and Asian taxi drivers in Leeds wanted to put the English flag on there cabs to show there support for the nation. They were told to take them off by the council in case they upset the Asian community!

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Gary L

I've never liked them 'black association' things. it does nothing except make it look like it's a struggle and an achievement to be black.

and nobody realises how pathetic it looks.

to put it blunt. we were all equal when the wind was blowing East. but a black person decides that he doesn't like being normal, and wants to set up a black achievment kind of club. he or they want to make a point that he or they are different to the usual white.

nobody realises how pathetic it is.

Funny how it's always white people who say that sort of thing, without fail.

The Met cannot do right for doing wrong. There will never be a perception of true equality as each side will cry racism at different times.

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Originally Posted by Kingofthedead4

The PC Brigade has caused most of this themselves. I remember when the world cup was on of football a few years ago and Asian taxi drivers in Leeds wanted to put the English flag on there cabs to show there support for the nation. They were told to take them off by the council in case they upset the Asian community!

Urban myth: it did not happen.

Originally Posted by Russ

Funny how it's always white people who say that sort of thing, without fail.

So why do they need a Black Association ,if they have concerns about how the are being treated why not go to the Police Association ,why are they allowed to form a Black association seperate from the others if not to segregate themselves ,in my view the very name is illegal

[Russ]

Originally Posted by martyh

So why do they need a Black Association ,if they have concerns about how the are being treated why not go to the Police Association ,why are they allowed to form a Black association seperate from the others if not to segregate themselves ,in my view the very name is illegal

Blacks in the Met are a minority. The Met is known in the past for being, "institutionally racist".

Bet you didn't know what whites are permitted to join the Black Police Officers' Association.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by martyh

So why do they need a Black Association ,if they have concerns about how the are being treated why not go to the Police Association ,why are they allowed to form a Black association seperate from the others if not to segregate themselves ,in my view the very name is illegal

Totally agree.

Childrens tele. they have many black presenters doing the shows. kids don't think nothing of it. he or she is just a man or woman to them.

then they see a 'black association' or such.

why do we have, and why do we allow black associations?
why don't we have, and why don't we allow white associations?

nobody realises how pathetic it all is.

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Originally Posted by Russ

Blacks in the Met are a minority. The Met is known in the past for being, "institutionally racist".

So it's all about struggle and achievement still?
after all these years, and for eternity probably.

Bet you didn't know what whites are permitted to join the Black Police Officers' Association.

I would think so too. it would come across as racist otherwise.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Gary L

Totally agree.

Childrens tele. they have many black presenters doing the shows. kids don't think nothing of it. he or she is just a man or woman to them.

then they see a 'black association' or such.

It's not the kids who have the problem usually. From what i can tell it's the adults.

Originally Posted by Gary L

why do we have, and why do we allow black associations?

Because in some areas of society, blacks are a minority and such associations are their 'voice' in a traditionally racist organisation.

Originally Posted by Gary L

why don't we have, and why don't we allow white associations?

Why would they be needed?

Originally Posted by Gary L

nobody realises how pathetic it all is.

It is, but clearly not in the way you see it.

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Originally Posted by Gary L

So it's all about struggle and achievment still?
after all these years, and for eternity probably.

Quite possibly. But you and I, both being white, have no idea what sort of issues black people face in these situations.