> some people said people should not fly flags > because it was offensive and likely to be seen > as racist.
I would have said definitely not, and that non-racists should use it to try and recapture the flag from extremists. I still do think that, but I must admit I felt odd walking around yesterday afternoon, worrying whether I was offending the black and Asian people I was passing in the street...
Yet, surely at least some of them were English too? And/or likely to support England in the football? I guess to some extent worrying about offending/PCness is a sign of a still (partly) inherently racist society, along with positive discrimination etc. If we were all truly 'integrated' or whatever the latest buzz-word is, we wouldn't need to worry.
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Date: 2006-06-10 09:43 am (UTC)> because it was offensive and likely to be seen
> as racist.
I would have said definitely not, and that non-racists should use it to try and recapture the flag from extremists. I still do think that, but I must admit I felt odd walking around yesterday afternoon, worrying whether I was offending the black and Asian people I was passing in the street...
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Date: 2006-06-16 12:27 pm (UTC)