A BIPOC friend of mine made a good point about characterising all of the anti-immigrant demonstrations as being from the far-right (eg. Reform UK, Tommy Robinson, etc.).
They noticed that a lot of supposedly "well-meaning", "level-headed" liberals (including Liberal Democrat voters apparently, ironic ) were in open support of the protests and riots. As in, "no illegal immigration" and wanting to "protect" others as if BIPOC are some monolithic enemy.
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And these same people will then go on to condemn BIPOC-oriented and BIPOC-only spaces as "discrimination" and as "reverse racism" while they discuss in detail the reasons that they aren't welcome.
So despite the reasoning behind these demonstrations being rooted in facism, "anti-facists" (liberals) will regularly side with them and white supremacy over the safety and existence of BIPOC people. I do not expect much from liberals rega
rdless, but the amount of mask-off racism that my friend had encountered then is truly staggering.
A BIPOC friend of mine made a good point about characterising all of the anti-immigrant demonstrations as being from the far-right (eg. Reform UK, Tommy Robinson, etc.).
They noticed that a lot of supposedly "well-meaning", "level-headed" liberals (including Liberal Democrat voters apparently, ironic ) were in open support of the protests and riots. As in, "no illegal immigration" and wanting to "protect" others as if BIPOC are some monolithic enemy.
offtopic
And these same people will then go on to condemn BIPOC-oriented and BIPOC-only spaces as "discrimination" and as "reverse racism" while they discuss in detail the reasons that they aren't welcome.
So despite the reasoning behind these demonstrations being rooted in facism, "anti-facists" (liberals) will regularly side with them and white supremacy over the safety and existence of BIPOC people. I do not expect much from liberals rega rdless, but the amount of mask-off racism that my friend had encountered then is truly staggering.