British countryside is ‘racist and colonial’, charities claim

[pellinore]

The British countryside is a “racist colonial” white space, wildlife charities have claimed.

Wildlife and Countryside Link, a charity umbrella group whose members include the RSPCA, WWF and National Trust, made the claim in evidence provided to Parliament on racism and its influence on the natural world.

MPs in an all-party parliamentary group (APPG) were informed that the British countryside has been influenced by “racist colonial legacies” which have created an environment some fear is “dominated by white people”.

The country’s green spaces are governed by “white British cultural values”, the report argues, and the perception that the countryside is a “white space” prevents people from other ethnic backgrounds from enjoying the outdoors.

British countryside is a ‘racist and colonial’ white space, wildlife charities claim (msn.com)

Edited February 13 by pellinore

[MrsGently]

They call it 'The True Britain' it's a sight to behold. Very beautiful. Very lovely people. 'England' is just objectively the best.

[Essan]

That's like saying the Gambian countryside is racist because it's not filled with rolling green hills, tumbling brooks, fields of wheat, copses, and quaint thatched pubs selling local real ales and ciders, meaning white Britons don't feel quite at home there. 

The countryside is what it is.  And if some people don't like it because its not fitting to their culture, that is their problem.  

Meanwhile the Chinese and Japanese have no problems with it and think it's wonderful. 

 

[+OverSword]

White guilt.  Got to love it 

 

[Hawken]

Some people just like to pin labels on something that doesn't fit their narratives.

[pellinore]

19 minutes ago, Essan said:

That's like saying the Gambian countryside is racist because it's not filled with rolling green hills, tumbling brooks, fields of wheat, copses, and quaint thatched pubs selling local real ales and ciders, meaning white Britons don't feel quite at home there. 

The countryside is what it is.  And if some people don't like it because its not fitting to their culture, that is their problem.  

Meanwhile the Chinese and Japanese have no problems with it and think it's wonderful. 

 

There was a person of colour on 5 News tonight. Apparently, it is very much to their taste. They don't want to see sugar cane plantations or cotton fields, they like what we have.

They just feel that they get the cold shoulder or worse if they visit the countryside, a 'not welcomed' sort of thing. They may have a point- during the heatwave summer our Dorset beaches were filled with people who are normally in London. Women in the sea fully clothed, etc. Not to our taste at all.

@MrsGently agreed, our rural England is very picturesque. Here's an example of one of our villages.

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

Why yes, the parts of the world where white people lived for generations upon generations is full of white culture. 
Eejits. 
 

[Hawken]

POC usually live where there's employment, and that's the larger cities. Small towns don't have much employment.

[Essan]

I am reminded of English who have complained about not being felt welcome in mid Wales or the Highlands.  Because the locals didn't share quite the same values as they did and had a more mañana attitude (though in the NW we don't really have the same concept of rushing around as the term mañana implies).  The English expected to be treated a certain way and were aggreived when it turned out Machynlleth, Mallaig and Durness, are not Hemel Hempstead. 

Edited February 13 by Essan

[Duke Wellington]

6 hours ago, pellinore said:

The British countryside is a “racist colonial” white space, wildlife charities have claimed.

Wildlife and Countryside Link, a charity umbrella group whose members include the RSPCA, WWF and National Trust, made the claim in evidence provided to Parliament on racism and its influence on the natural world.

MPs in an all-party parliamentary group (APPG) were informed that the British countryside has been influenced by “racist colonial legacies” which have created an environment some fear is “dominated by white people”.

The country’s green spaces are governed by “white British cultural values”, the report argues, and the perception that the countryside is a “white space” prevents people from other ethnic backgrounds from enjoying the outdoors.

British countryside is a ‘racist and colonial’ white space, wildlife charities claim (msn.com)

So they want to put immigrants in the countryside now?

[MrsGently]

13 hours ago, pellinore said:

There was a person of colour on 5 News tonight. Apparently, it is very much to their taste. They don't want to see sugar cane plantations or cotton fields, they like what we have.

They just feel that they get the cold shoulder or worse if they visit the countryside, a 'not welcomed' sort of thing. They may have a point- during the heatwave summer our Dorset beaches were filled with people who are normally in London. Women in the sea fully clothed, etc. Not to our taste at all.

@MrsGently agreed, our rural England is very picturesque. Here's an example of one of our villages.

just ****ing face-melting adorable!

[itsnotoutthere]

Of course it is.

[itsnotoutthere]

"They just feel that they get the cold shoulder or worse if they visit the countryside, a 'not welcomed' sort of thing."   ....That's funny, I get exactly the same feeling when I visit London these days. Plus the chances of getting stabbed to death in the country is pretty minimal by comparison.

Edited February 14 by itsnotoutthere

[pellinore]

23 minutes ago, itsnotoutthere said:

"They just feel that they get the cold shoulder or worse if they visit the countryside, a 'not welcomed' sort of thing."   ....That's funny, I get exactly the same feeling when I visit London these days. Plus the chances of getting stabbed to death in the country is pretty minimal by comparison.

When we had our London visitors, some of whom were wearing black gowns with veils over the eye-slits, some of the locals unkindly referred to them as looking like dementors from Harry Potter. If they want to move into rural England, it would help them fit in if they wore more Western-style clothes- though of course that is up to them, their culture, etc.etc. Though I can't think they get much from being on a beach, you can't really sunbathe or swim in that sort of garb.

[itsnotoutthere]

20 hours ago, pellinore said:

There was a person of colour on 5 News tonight. Apparently, it is very much to their taste. They don't want to see sugar cane plantations or cotton fields, they like what we have.

They just feel that they get the cold shoulder or worse if they visit the countryside, a 'not welcomed' sort of thing. They may have a point- during the heatwave summer our Dorset beaches were filled with people who are normally in London. Women in the sea fully clothed, etc. Not to our taste at all.

@MrsGently agreed, our rural England is very picturesque. Here's an example of one of our villages.

Went there last summer. Couldn't move for Japanese tourists.

[itsnotoutthere]

An elderly man was killed in the early hours of Tuesday morning outside a railway station in an “unprovoked and despicable” attack.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/elderly-man-killed-at-london-train-station-in-unprovoked-and-despicable-attack/ar-BB1iZUxT

But apparently the countryside is racist.

[Duke Wellington]

On 2/14/2024 at 11:17 AM, itsnotoutthere said:

"They just feel that they get the cold shoulder or worse if they visit the countryside, a 'not welcomed' sort of thing."   ....That's funny, I get exactly the same feeling when I visit London these days. Plus the chances of getting stabbed to death in the country is pretty minimal by comparison.

Dont forget the acid attacks and drug crimes.

[Duke Wellington]

On 2/14/2024 at 11:46 AM, pellinore said:

When we had our London visitors, some of whom were wearing black gowns with veils over the eye-slits, some of the locals unkindly referred to them as looking like dementors from Harry Potter. If they want to move into rural England, it would help them fit in if they wore more Western-style clothes- though of course that is up to them, their culture, etc.etc. Though I can't think they get much from being on a beach, you can't really sunbathe or swim in that sort of garb.

I have been shopping before in my city centre when a flock of them appeared.

People were looking at each other with the stare that said are these terrorists? Even when on the bus if one is sat there and has a backpack with them I`m thinking mmm, should I get off the bus just in case. Well people do think that don`t they?

I have to remind myself I`m safe unless they start shouting Allah Akbar.