ElizabethOX239

Wife, mum, dog-lover,

[Janet Murray @jan_murray]

We’ve all spent years being told we’re inherently racist.

Tiptoeing around perfectly normal conversations with black and brown friends, colleagues and neighbours about their families and cultural heritage - lest we say the wrong thing.

Even though we’re asking because we like them. And when you care about people, it’s natural to want to know more about them.

We’ve become frightened of speaking because some people have made a lot of money writing books about how racist we all are.

Others have built entire academic careers on it.

Some have even said they’ll only share their experiences of racism if we pay them for the information.

Not that we ever doubted racism existed.

But all of this made ordinary, human conversations about race much harder to have.

And if you questioned any of it, there was a decent chance someone would call you “far right”.

Then Miriam Margolyes goes on telly, says she’s writing a book about the far right - and proceeds to act like the most spectacularly racist grandma you’ve ever encountered.

If Little Britain had created a Racist Grandma character, this would have been it.

And the episode would probably have been taken off air by now.

And you just think … 🤔

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

@grover_kath @Kathsweightloss Requested to follow. Genuinely interested in your journey.

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

@bagshaw2112 Wordle 1,903 X/6

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No 94
Bombed 4 days in a row 🤣🤣🤣

[Jenny Lindsay @msjlindsay]

Reminder for those who've never worked in the arts: this stuff really didn't used to happen. It is not normal. It is not ordinary. Do not get used to it. And for the love of god, don't do it.

[That 1 @that_1]

Vinnie Jones wins the internet today 😂

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

@Day89Linda @bagshaw2112 Well saved!

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

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I'll think I'll accept I'm bottom of the league this week. After 3 two-ers last week in a row...now 3 bombs in a row!
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[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

@SkyNews Is this children's TV. Embarrassing reporter

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

@EssexPR @SadiqKhan I was in London yesterday...it's an absolute sh#t hole

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

@Day89Linda @bagshaw2112 Well done Linda...very frustrating game!

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

@bagshaw2112 Wordle 1,901 5/6

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No 94
Morning all

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

@IainSankey I really struggled with this book...thought I'd enjoy it more than I did after lots of positive recommendations

[Annunziata Rees-Mogg @zatzi]

Oh bless.

Man A is rude about another man (Man B) but accidentally identifies him as a different man again (Man C).

Man A possibly makes this mistake because they both Man B and Man C are black and Man A can’t tell the difference. Possibly not - but no other explanation makes much sense.

Having been gratuitously rude about Man B and accidentally Man C, Man A is now feeling annoyed people are being rude about him.

Suspect being mistaken for a totally different man, probably just because of your skin colour, is quite a lot more insulting than being called out for your own failings.

[Katie Hopkins @KTHopkins]

Katie Hopkins: Criminal Conviction

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

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No 94
Oh dear...bombed again!

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

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Had 3 two-ers last week when you were off...Where's the justice? 🤣🤣🤣
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[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

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[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

@MrBrum43 They put themselves to bed...no sweat

[ElizabethOX239 @elizabeth0239]

@bertsbooks Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke on Audible and The Correspondent by Viginia Evans in paperback

[Dr. Dame Katy Denise CH GBE 🏳️‍⚧️🇳🇬🪑 @damekatydenise_]

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