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Labour suspends Diane Abbott for second time over racism comments (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

[Speaking of Jews, travelers, and other white ethnic groups] They undoubtedly experience prejudice. This is similar to racism and the two words are often used as if they are interchangeable. It is true that many types of white people with points of difference, such as redheads, can experience this prejudice. But they are not all their lives subject to racism.

Says bigotry against some ethnic groups doesn't count as racism because they're white, is suspended, apologises, is let back into the party, now says her apology was fake and she stands by what she said, is suspended again.

I'm sorry, but this feels like she's purposely getting herself suspended again in order to get some headlines before moving party. It's a political stunt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

She’s been consistently this rancid over decades though.