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<blockquote data-quote="traineefarmer" data-source="post: 7189856" data-attributes="member: 89974"><p>The big, big problem with the Ellie Harrison article and a number of other stating the same "the countryside is racist" headline is the very broad brush it uses to slur people from rural areas. </p><p></p><p>A chap moved next door to the farm a few years ago with his family. He's a decorated ex-RAF serviceman, an OBE and possibly the nicest person on the whole street. He's also the only person with brown skin in the whole village. He often walks through the farm on the footpath with his dog and has a chat about the farm, the weather or aeroplanes. If I say to one of the other guys on the farm - "I saw John earlier and he told me...". </p><p>"John who?"</p><p>"(sighs) <em>Black </em>John...."</p><p>"Oh right."</p><p></p><p>I think it's this subconscious separation that happens when we are confronted with something different. As the only black man for miles he will never be RAF John or big brown dog John, always black John. </p><p></p><p>But I don't believe this is racism. Nobody in the area has tried to hold John back, segregate him, or oppress him. Nor have they done that to any of the people of Asian, Indian or eastern European descent in the local area. But sadly human nature is to notice differences and John sadly stands out like a Bentley on a council estate and that must be obvious to him and upsetting.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure how to change this - better understanding from both sides and open, frank conversations? Who knows. But what definitely won't help are divisive statements in the media accusing one side of something they have no understanding of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traineefarmer, post: 7189856, member: 89974"] The big, big problem with the Ellie Harrison article and a number of other stating the same "the countryside is racist" headline is the very broad brush it uses to slur people from rural areas. A chap moved next door to the farm a few years ago with his family. He's a decorated ex-RAF serviceman, an OBE and possibly the nicest person on the whole street. He's also the only person with brown skin in the whole village. He often walks through the farm on the footpath with his dog and has a chat about the farm, the weather or aeroplanes. If I say to one of the other guys on the farm - "I saw John earlier and he told me...". "John who?" "(sighs) [I]Black [/I]John...." "Oh right." I think it's this subconscious separation that happens when we are confronted with something different. As the only black man for miles he will never be RAF John or big brown dog John, always black John. But I don't believe this is racism. Nobody in the area has tried to hold John back, segregate him, or oppress him. Nor have they done that to any of the people of Asian, Indian or eastern European descent in the local area. But sadly human nature is to notice differences and John sadly stands out like a Bentley on a council estate and that must be obvious to him and upsetting. I'm not sure how to change this - better understanding from both sides and open, frank conversations? Who knows. But what definitely won't help are divisive statements in the media accusing one side of something they have no understanding of. [/QUOTE]
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