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I want to write a little bit about structural racism in the UK against Travellers, and the Labour Party's complicity with this because I think it might help explain why that letter from Diane Abbott disturbed me so much.
Romani and Irish Travellers in the UK experience discrimination all the time. They'll be barred from shops and pubs, they experience discrimination from the police, they experience racial abuse. If they are living a nomadic lifestyle, they struggle to access schools and hospitals. Educational outcomes for Romani students are the worst in England by a large margin, followed by Irish Travellers. They're also over represented in the prison population compared to the proportion of the general population they make up.
Irish Travellers are generally "white/white passing" although they are a distinct ethnic group from the settled Irish. However, not all Romani people are "white passing" and some see themselves as PoC. Both groups have fought for a long time to be recognised officially as ethnic minorities and to gain legal protections.
In 2022, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts act was passed. This is the "bill" that was the focus of the "kill the bill" protests, and lots was written about the restrictions it placed on protestors. However, part 4 of the bill related to unauthorised encampments. Although the law does not specifically name any ethnic groups, it effectively criminalises the traditional nomadic traveller lifestyle.
It creates an offence of residing in a vehicle (this would include a caravan) on land without permission. It allows the police to seize the vehicle, even prior to the offence being committed. It allows the police to impose fines and prison sentences.
Although the bill itself does not name any particular ethnic group, much of the advice and communication around the bill does. This is because it's clearly designed to target certain groups who live a traditional nomadic lifestyle. It's designed to make them homeless, and force them into housing- essentially forced assimilation. The British have been trying to do this to Romani and Irish Travellers for centuries.
This law was passed by the Tories, but one thing people don't know is that Starmer whipped the Labour party against most sections of the bill. He allowed a free vote on Section 4- the section that specifically related to "unauthorised encampments".
Around the same time, in 2021, his party produced local election leaflets which mentioned "traveller incursions"- eventually they admitted the leaflets were racist and destroyed them. It's not the first time, and won't be the last, that Labour use racism against these groups to win points with the electorate.
In this context, Abbott is part of a system which is systematically discriminating against Romani and Irish Travellers- yes, Labour aren't the party in power, but they are a part of the system enabling this to happen.
So, I read her letter in that context. I read her minimisation of the struggles of the most marginalised ethnic groups in our society in that context (I don't want to make this "who has things worst" but it's nonetheless true). At best, she's throwing them under the bus to make a point she thinks will be popular with her supporters. At worst, she's actively affirming her own party's racist policies.
"It doesn't matter if we criminalise their way of life, because it's not "real" racism".
She is someone seen to be on the left, seen to be anti-racist, and she's effectively saying this prejudice is acceptable.
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koroart · 2 years
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I am feeding myself Faerghus warrior culture with DILF Lambert and a happy Dimitri
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summerwages · 8 months
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lady in waiting..
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sleepy-royal · 9 months
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The human body is the definition of a "have you tried turning it off and on again?".
You have a headache or don't feel good? Try going to sleep. Usually that fixes it.
Hell, my periods were super irregular then I took testosterone and stopped having periods. When I stopped taking it and started having them again, my periods came every month(Been that way since November).
Human bodies are so fucking weird. Not only the "on/off" thing but also how it's practically an all or nothing type of deal. You could die from stubbing your toe or you could survive falling from six stories with no more than a few bruises. Plus, we eat poison like it's nothing(caffeine, alcohol, etc). We'd terrify aliens with how we're both so fragile yet so fucking sturdy.
((If you like the post, reblog it! Likes mean nothing on Tumblr!)
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bcbdrums · 26 days
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Me: why would Spirit lose a smash or pass poll?? the man is undeniably Hot. Friend: he's full of STDs
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not-poignant · 2 months
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Baldur’s Gate 3 - 17/? - Palmarosa - Astarion/Raphael
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Title: Palmarosa Rating: Explicit Pairing: Astarion/Raphael Tags: (Check AO3 for the full list) Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Deals with a devil, Contracted sexual slavery, Bad BDSM etiquette, PTSD, Communication issues, Flashbacks, Trauma recovery and Retraumatisation, Dark and disturbing themes, Blood consumption, Minor character death, Canon typical violence, Dominance/submission, Top Raphael, Bottom Astarion etc.
Summary: (Set post-game / end-game) The love of Astarion’s life has disappeared to go live in the daylight with the druids, and Astarion is stuck in the darkness once more, yearning for sunlight with every fibre of his being, while bitterly reflecting on all the things that were denied to him in the end - love, sunlight, the option to kill thousands of people and become a near-god…
Raphael knows Astarion’s desperate, and comes to him with not one, but two horrid contract offers that Astarion loathes and dreads in equal measure - but the prize at the end of both are too good to turn down, and he’s become too cynical to care about how much of a good idea it is to give his body to a devil for a month or two, because really, comparatively, how bad could it be?
Palmarosa (Baldur’s Gate 3) - Raphael/Astarion - 17 - Cold Decay and Metallic Wealth
In which Astarion descends into Mephistar's corridor of many vaults, unexpectedly meets someone who tugs at his rusty heartstrings, and comes up with a very crude plan that just might get him killed (or work!)
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flipppyflopp · 1 year
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Little doodle I made to celebrate completing Hades! I thought it would be fun drawing Idia in a mashup of Zagreus’s outfit from Hades and several of his own outfits from twst. I had the most fun drawing the Cerberus heads on the shoulder in the style of Disney’s Hercules.
I like to think this would be Idia’s outfit in my twst fantasy au with Silver and Rook going to Idia after being sent there by Vil. I’ve plotted out his background for the au and his role, but drawing all that would take a lot of time that I currently don’t have 🤡 One day that au will come to fruition…maybe 💀
Hope you all enjoy this quick doodle!
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starres-stuff · 3 days
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"♪♪ Don't tell me not to live Just sit and putter Life's candy and the sun's A ball of butter Don't bring around a cloud To rain on my parade ♪♪"
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roboreblogs · 9 months
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happy pride 🩵
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GM your game like Elon Musk runs twitter.
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ethertheaether · 19 days
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Character design question: would you guys see Kong as a humanoid bear, or in a bear onesie/hoodie type thing? Cause I love both, but can't decide between them 💀
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renonv · 3 months
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I’m about to freak it on main sorry community
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kiuda · 11 months
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like just imagine. usmp comes out and all the ccs log on and we see the spawn for the first time in all its glory. we see the ccs running around, searching for buildings they recognise. we see them start to talk to each other, test the mod out and find friends. we see a new community start <3
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summerwages · 11 months
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perfectly purple..
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theimaginaryhorse · 14 days
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My brothers birthday cake. Happy Julius Ceasar Gets Stabbed Day. (Its white chocolate strawberry with homemade marshmallow fondant.)
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Thank you thank you thank you to every single person who kudo-ed, commented, rb-ed, read, and encouraged me throughout whumptober! You all mean the world to me and I can not thank you enough!
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All my whumptober stories have at least chapter 1 posted. I will finish them all in the next few weeks (hopefully. They all have the next part at least started) and then I will fluff myself to death for the rest of the year (maybe).
And Jamie I am so sorry (not sorry) for torturing you all month. I promise to make it up to you.
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