Some people accused me of being, and would think that I am racist because I posted this reply to the quoted post on another forum, the topic being about immigrants to the UK:
Post I replied to -
Quote:
So, hands up if you honestly think the majority immigrants in the past 40 years have;
1) Attended a grammar school
2) Attended elocution lessons
3) Fully integrated into British society
My Reply -
Quote:
My parents are both immigrants.
I went to a Grammar school, have a degree, and can read, write and speak English better than maybe 75% of white people can.
And the reply I recieved:
Quote:
Why did you specify "white" people in your post, that is racist.
Was I being racist to white people by saying this? Apparantly, the assumption is that I were inadvertently saying that 75% of white people cannot read, write or speak English, or are bad at it, when I were simply being somewhat narcissistic / deluded, whether rightly or wrongly of my own abilities. The only way that this statement implies in any way that 'White people are bad at English', is if the reader assumes that I am bad at it myself.
I never actually intended anything racist at all, other than responding to the post on grammar schooling, but found the replies amusing enough to want to discuss this in a few more places and see what people think.
Dec 18, 2009 @ 00:50:36
they can't even say what race he is. Based on the information I gave above, that could be like 80% of australias population. But if you were to say he was of asian appearance or with a dark complexion, well that would at least narrow it down to around 75% 
WE don't get "crime-stoppers" up here, lol, if they wanted to stop crime here they'd have to export virtually the whole population! 
