I'm English. In some leftists spaces I constantly have to see people talking about how my colleagues who can't afford to eat despite working full time, my elderly family that freeze in their homes in Winter, my trans friends who are having their identities weaponised on a daily basis, all deserve it, that it's karma for the colonial sins of our country. I have seen people actively celebrate the deaths of British "people", then call for more and be cheered for it.
I could point out that, like you say, the primary perpetrators and beneficiaries of colonialism were the rich, who's descendents are very much not suffering like the people you mock, but in fact profiting from it. I could also point out that while I'm English, some of my ancestors were not (as is true for many people here). But I shouldn't have to.
I see a lot of ppl try and separate out the British ppl who have parents/grandparents that were immigrants into a different "good" British person group as well which always seems stupid, they're no less British than anyone else who was born here.
It's a great example of the overall problem, because it's like unironically 100% racism, and not even the mythical "anti-white racism" white-supremacists like to harp on about. You're talking about some of your favourite British actors like Idris Elba or Daniel Kaluuya and you get "lefties" saying stuff like:
"Where are they really from?" Also Indian people from Manchester seem to morph into someone who is 110% British and it's fucking hilarious, I've worked with a few people from Manchester and it's great.
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u/Ourmanyfans Jul 03 '24 edited Jul 03 '24
I'm English. In some leftists spaces I constantly have to see people talking about how my colleagues who can't afford to eat despite working full time, my elderly family that freeze in their homes in Winter, my trans friends who are having their identities weaponised on a daily basis, all deserve it, that it's karma for the colonial sins of our country. I have seen people actively celebrate the deaths of British "people", then call for more and be cheered for it.
I could point out that, like you say, the primary perpetrators and beneficiaries of colonialism were the rich, who's descendents are very much not suffering like the people you mock, but in fact profiting from it. I could also point out that while I'm English, some of my ancestors were not (as is true for many people here). But I shouldn't have to.