Negative Vibes Leaking All The Way To London....

[Shonsteez]

Man Shot for Wearing Obama T-Shirt:
http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/10/08/man-shot-for-wearing-obama-t-shirt/

Police are searching for the man who shot a Barack Obama supporter three times in broad daylight for wearing an Obama T-shirt.

Any guess where this senseless shooting happened? It wasn't in the Jim Crow south, a trailer park or even Jena, Louisiana. It was in London. This VOTE OR DIE business is real, folks.

According to the Daily Mail, Dube Egwuatu was buying a cell phone card when a British white skinhead with a gun confronted him for wearing a 'Believe' Obama shirt.

The man then launched into a tirade of racist slurs, shouting "I f***ing hate n*****s" and urging 36-year-old Mr. Egwuatu to leave the shop with him, according to the paper. ...

Trying to prevent a confrontation with the irate man threatening violence with a bb gun, Egwuatu even zipped up his jacket to cover the image of Obama and walked to his car.

The suspect, who has not been captured, shot a gas-powered bb pistol three times, hitting the victim in the face, hand and shoulder.
Egwuatu survived and raced away in his car, looking for help. A piece of metal from the bullet had to be removed from his jaw.

Egwuatu told the Daily Mail: "The venom in his voice was frightening. He was telling me that he was going to kill me."

So if you asked me which country is MORE racist overall, the U.S. or the U.K.? I'd say the U.K., not unlike the rest of xenophobic Europe. Lots of folks might disagree with this, given our country's long, sad history of institutionalized racism, and the covert racism that exists today.

I've only visited London once, for a few days back in 2001, but in that short time it was clear to me that broad-daylight racism was not nearly as taboo across the pond as it is here in the states. I observed some of the most venomous and racist graffiti while there. I also witnessed white supremacists and skinheads wearing their stripes in the open.

Sure, racism is STILL alive and well in the U.S. I guess what I'm saying is, I'm not very surprised to hear this happened in London and not L.A. or New York.

 

[Relic]

Ahhh but England was going to endorse Mr Hitler too, they were split.
Home of the original skinheads too.

 

[savage_g]

Definitely still a lot of racism ocer here; its just not as in your face as it is in the US. Very institutionalised and ingrained though. The BNP (far right anti immigration party whose support generally consists of skinheads) hold a lot of power in local government in some parts of the country, worryingly.

 

[The Arkitekt]

Sad...

 

[Shonsteez]

Definitely still a lot of racism ocer here; its just not as in your face as it is in the US. Very institutionalised and ingrained though. The BNP (far right anti immigration party whose support generally consists of skinheads) hold a lot of power in local government in some parts of the country, worryingly.

Skinheads hold power in the Government over there!?.....Suck me sideways.

 

[Cell 2Dee]

Definitely still a lot of racism ocer here; its just not as in your face as it is in the US. Very institutionalised and ingrained though. The BNP (far right anti immigration party whose support generally consists of skinheads) hold a lot of power in local government in some parts of the country, worryingly.

There IS racism here, but where isn't there? I do agree with some things that the BNP speak of. The country is full, and it seems that the only people getting in are Polish and other Eastern Europeans who are cheap labour, and don't put the money back in to the economy. They need to close the doors to England, for the mean time at least.

 

[Relic]

There IS racism here, but where isn't there? I do agree with some things that the BNP speak of. The country is full, and it seems that the only people getting in are Polish and other Eastern Europeans who are cheap labour, and don't put the money back in to the economy. They need to close the doors to England, for the mean time at least.

Dont have to go all skinhead about it though.

 

[savage_g]

There IS racism here, but where isn't there? I do agree with some things that the BNP speak of. The country is full, and it seems that the only people getting in are Polish and other Eastern Europeans who are cheap labour, and don't put the money back in to the economy. They need to close the doors to England, for the mean time at least.

Yes theres definitely problems with immigration here for such a small country (my neighbourhoods pretty much become the polish quarter of town). The problem is the way the BNP sell themselves to voters as being the solution to mass immigration when in reality they are nothing but racist bastards who say 'There is nothing wrong with black people, but their culture should never mix with white british culture?!'
Sad thing is their strategy works in deprived areas of the country where industry has died due to the government outsourcing most of our industry (mining, ship building etc) and lead people to believe the problem is due to an influx of immigrants in the area. Which is bullshit of course, but desperate people will buy anything that promises change.