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Originally Posted by Jack_

Well only one other person responded (and nowhere near as dramatically either) so it can't have been that provocative can it? Maybe you were just looking for an argument, yes I think that's it

Well then you need to "think" again. I responded in the way I did because you said "people" (without even bothering to specify whether you meant all or some of those "people") who take issue with such frequent accusations of racism are guilty of either racism or turning a blind eye to racism themselves and it happens to be a topic I feel strongly about, considering I'm mixed race and have been on the receiving end of the very thing you saw fit to accuse a group of people (of which I was one of) of being guilty of.

As I said, it's just another of an increasing amount of examples of people feeling perfectly content with accusing people they know nothing about of being racist and it's absolutely shameful (and, contrary to what you think, certainly does trivialise the issue).

I don't give a damn how many or few responded, that doesn't make it any less provocative and if you don't like being asked to answer for and actually explain the claims you make, don't bother making them in the first place or at least attempt to word them better.