What a nice young lady!

[Gob]

What has this country come to? A load of black people and a load of f***ing polish. A load of f***ing, yeah... you're all f***ing... do you know what I mean?

'You ain't English. No, you ain't English either. You ain't English. None of you's f***ing English. Get back to your own f***ing... do you know what sort out your own countries, don't come and do mine.

'It's nothing now. Britain is nothing now. Britain is f** all. My Britain is f*** all.

'Yeah its fine. I have got a little kid here. Have respect? I have a little boy here. F** you. I dare you, I f***ing dare you.

'Don't watch my language. Go back to where you come from, go back to f***ing Nicaragua or where ever you come from. Just f***ing go back.

'I work, I work, I work, this is my British country until we let you lot come over.

'So what. It is my British country, you ain't British. Are you British? You ain't f***ing British. F*** off.

'You ain't British, you're black. Where do you come from?

'No, someone's got to talk up for these lot. Look the whole f***ing tram, look at them. Who is black and who is white.

'There is all black and f***ing burnt people.'

[Gob]

People from white working class areas feel they are a "forgotten" community according to a new report.

The report found white people living in those communities felt unfairly treated and "last in line".

Community cohesion: the views of white working-class communities was published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Interviews were conducted with about 100 people in three areas: Aston, in Birmingham, Canley, in Coventry, and Somers Town, in London.

The research found people felt they were not listened to by local or national government, that debate was stifled and policy makers had failed them.
Empty streets

But it also found most people rejected extremist solutions such as joining far right political parties and said they wanted to build better community relations.

That view was echoed by residents in Aston on Monday.

The streets around the train station were empty with shop shutters down on a number of premises.

Tower blocks dominated the skyline as the few people who were out dashed into shops and out into cars as they collected newspapers.

Out walking his dog was Michael Cawthrow, a Yorkshire man who has lived in Osborne Tower, in Aston, for 12 years.

As we chat he says hello to other residents as they come and go from the tower.

"Housing is rubbish here. They haven't done any repairs for five years," he claimed.

Mr Cawthrow said the tower block was so cold he got pneumonia last Christmas.

"If you come from somewhere else you get a fully refurbished flat, you get everything, a washing machine, a fridge."

He said other areas of the city seemed more vibrant.

"In Lozells everything is new or done up, there are businesses and people out walking around.

"When I came here there was a butchers, a bookmakers, but all that's gone now and there's no investment."
'Not represented'

Jean Perkins was born in Aston and moved back to the area seven years ago.

She said: "It's (Aston) changed, in some aspects its changed because we're not represented.

"We seem to be the minority but that's not a bad thing, people have got a lot to add.

"I can understand people do feel we don't have a say. Our traditions and culture are being systematically destroyed across the country and, because of political correctness, if we say something we become racist."

She said the closure of pubs, clubs and youth centres had added to the feeling of a loss of culture.

Aston was chosen for the study because white people are a minority group there.

The report said the three areas were different in their make-up, but all featured people who felt they were being treated unfairly and did not have a voice.
'Strong work ethic'

The report stated: "Residents viewed themselves as the forgotten group. Government had not listened to them in the past, nor was it showing any sign of doing so currently."

Report author Harris Beider said: "The way that people from working class white backgrounds are portrayed is often negative, which doesn't reflect the reality of the pride most hold in their community, nor their strong work ethic, and collective values.

"It is important to confound the negative stereotypes and understand that people in these communities feel their voices are not listened to, and that they have no stake in their community. They want to be valued, heard and connected to government."

That stereotype is familiar to Dave McGann and Simon Clinton, who work in Thurston's snooker supply shop in Lichfield Road.

Mr Clinton, who is from Great Barr, said: "It's not a very nice area. There are a lot of drunks."

Mr McGann, who is from Solihull, agreed but added not all white people who lived there were the same.

He said: "If there are any white people about people say they're alcoholics but they're not.

"You don't see anyone in the day as they keep themselves to themselves. It's different at night, there are more people milling about."

But that view was not shared by Ku Devi Choudery who runs the newsagents and off licence a few doors down.

Mrs Choudery has run the shop, which she lives above, for 27 years.

She said: "Everyone talks to each other and it's friendly.

"Some people in the community look at people's differences and say that (white people are treated unfairly) but that's if they don't mix.

"I'd say 15% of people are like that but most people make the effort."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15921098

[dales]

She doesn't know any better.

Neither do these women who get into a physical altercation on MUNI (SF Bus).

[Sue U]

She doesn't know any better.

That's charitable of you, dales, but she clearly does know better; she is quite deliberately making an effort to be as offensive as possible.

[Sean]

It's the poor little bugger on her lap I feel sorry for...

[Lord Jim]

Well, there goes her application for Lady In Waiting at Buckingham Palace....

Somehow I suspect alcohol may have been involved...

And man, do I ever feel sorry for that kid....

[Rick]

It's the poor little bugger on her lap I feel sorry for...

I concur

[loCAtek]

Sorry biddy, my BART rides are far more sociable.... apart from the flirting, but I guess that's a compliment?

I don't know how many times, I didn't have exact change and was helped by a 'brother'. Being humbly polite to your fellow human being on public transportation, goes a long way.

I guess the UK doesn't get that yet.

[The Hen]

Somehow I suspect alcohol may have been involved...

And man, do I ever feel sorry for that kid....

I seriously doubt that alcohol was involved.

She sounded stone cold sober and just itchy to pour abuse and be as obnoxious as possible.

The child has no chance. If he is not an extreme racist when he grows up, I will be very much surprised.

[Gob]

The child has no chance. If he is not an extreme racist when he grows up, I will be very much surprised.

Maybe he'll rebel and end up with a black wife, or, better still, boyfriend.

[The Hen]

It would be a pleasant thought.

[Andrew D]

The tram thing looks to me as if it might be a put-on. What is that thing on the floor at about 1:50?

In the MUNI thing, the one who decided to make the altercation physical (at about 1:15) evidently should not have. She was lucky to get off as lightly as she did.

[The Hen]

Transport police make arrest after tram passenger 'hurls vile abuse at onlookers in racist rant as toddler perches on her knee'
By EMILY ALLEN
Last updated at 8:45 AM on 29th November 2011

Police last night arrested a woman after a passenger allegedly burst into a vile racist rant on a tram while holding a child on her knee.

The video, posted on YouTube, shows a woman hurling abuse at other passengers on the South London tram and baiting them with xenophobic insults.

Officers said a 34-year-old woman from New Addington has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and is being questioned by police.

More at link.

What was that you were saying Lo?

[dales]

No free speech in UK, I forgot.

(to be fair, the woman wouldn't have lasted a minute in the US before being taken down)

[BoSoxGal]

The child has no chance. If he is not an extreme racist when he grows up, I will be very much surprised.

Maybe he'll rebel and end up with a black wife, or, better still, boyfriend.

Have some hope.

I grew up with an extreme bigot and ended up teaching college composition utilizing the writings of MLK, Jr. and other civil rights activists. I've had black, Hispanic and Native American boyfriends - as well as WASPy ones. I came to Montana specifically to work with Native people, worked largely with black people in DC, and with Hispanic people on the border of AZ/Mexico. My friends there always tell me I am a brown person on the inside.

Sometimes sunlight is the best disinfectant.

[loCAtek]

[Daisy]

The hope I took from the video was the lass who went to the black guy behind her and hugged him to stop him from ripping her stupid bigoted head right off and the other British girl that went sick on her.

[Gob]

Loads of people like totally agree wivat pissed bird on the tram
29-11-11

THAT pissed bird on that video, right, was like totally spot on, wun't she, it was confirmed last night.

Everyone's sayin' like, you know, maybe she shouldn't have been swearin' so much wiv a little kiddie on her lap an' all that, but she wun't far wrong wuz she.

This bloke Dave, who does a bit of plasterin' for Big Andy, said: "I fuckin' can't get no fuckin' job cuz of all them Nicoogaragruans. Fuckin' everywhere int they?

"I wanna work. I fuckin' do. I wanna work. But there's always some fuckin' Nicaroogaran who gets the fuckin' job instead of me just 'cause they turn up on fuckin' time and can say 'Nicragugarra'."

Steve, who's been doin' that Mandy from the pub, added: "That bird on the tram, right, where wuz all the English? Where wuz all them white people that should have been standin' up for her? Ain't no fuckin' English left now is there?

"Maybe I'll go to fuckin' Niroogacargua and take their fuckin' jobs."

Meanwhile, get this right, the fuckin' rozzers have only gone and nicked her cuz she wuz speakin' what we wuz all thinkin' wun't she.

Everyone was like totally gonna put somefink on the Daily Mail website but they's not takin' any comments for some reason.

Dave's mum said: "I just feel sorry for that little kiddie. Havinta go on a tram wiv all them dirty Niracoogurans."

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php ... &Itemid=81

[loCAtek]

No free speech in UK, I forgot.

(to be fair, the woman wouldn't have lasted a minute in the US before being taken down)

Goes down like this;

[Gob]

They took their time..

A woman who was filmed shouting racist abuse on a London tram in a video watched by 11 million people has been given a community sentence.

Emma West, of New Addington, admitted racially-aggravated disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment or distress at Croydon Crown Court.

West was filmed shouting racist abuse at passengers travelling on a tram between Croydon and Wimbledon.

She was bound over to keep the peace and handed a 24-month community order.

A judge said West was clearly suffering from mental health problems at the time of the outburst