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You might be thinking that blacks are privileged to live in the UK so we should be grateful. The first thing is, I was born here so this is my country so I deserve to be here the same as anyone else. And those that think they're fully English and I shouldn't be here. You're probably from Denmark or somewhere (you forget about the Vikings). Now, the reason you don't have the same atrocities against blacks here as in US.. No guns and you can't handle us. However, no policeman has ever been convicted of the death of a black person despite clear evidence. And in America, they'll tell you to your face. In England, it's all done covertly. Hence so many blacks end up with mental health issues. Because apparently no one's racist over here until their mics have been left on by accident. To you non-racists, I love you all ✊

I was talking to a young woman of colour & she found the sign ‘More blacks, more dogs, more Irish’ offensive. I explained origins. But as she said young people/migrants won’t know the context & a white person with a sign with dogs/‘blacks’ is jarring. Let’s listen & stop using it