Black News Presenters

[Theland]

I don't think the percentage of black news readers accurately reflects the percentage of black people in the country.
Do you think we are getting diversity shoved down our throats?
Putting the news on is like watching Africa News.

[Sqad]

Corby....right....and the answer is no, you can't, but what you can tell is of their skin is black and if it is then they emanate from the subcontinent.
Being born in the UK, does not necessarily make your skin white, but if it is black then you are still black.
The old joke about if a dog was born in a stable, it would still be a dog and not a horse.

This thread is all about BLACK skins.

[-Talbot-]

douglas9401
I think 'proper' Indians' heads wobble when they talk


Mind your language, Douglas... Mind your language

[Zacs-Master]

Sqad, are you serious or have you had a couple too many Amotillado down the club? Your statement basically says ‘if your black you can’t be said to belong to the nation of your birth’ which in any persons language is pretty scandalous in 2018.

[anotheoldgit]

ummmm

You seem to be reading my words wrong.

I put :

/// Can't you tell a person who is from the Indian sub-continent or one that was born here? ///

I did not mean the difference between one that was born on the Indian sub-continent 'AND' one that was born here.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't know about 'Mind you language' this is turning into an episode from 'Goodness Gracious Me!'

[Zacs-Master]

Well, I’ve read that 4 times now and I can’t see any difference in the meaning, AOG. It looks like another feeble attempt to back pedal, again.

Once again, how do you tell that a person is from India or elsewhere?

[ummmm]

Don't think so, AOG, you seem to be typing your words wrong, again!

[Sqad]

Zacs....I didn't say that.......

I said that if you had black skins then you were a black person.
Of course a British citizen can be black.....please show me where i said that.

If you were referring to the stable joke, that referred to the fact that if you were black skinned and born in the UK, then you were still a black.

[anotheoldgit]

Theland

Well I have certainly resurrected your thread from Friday, when are you going to return to share some of the flack?

[andres]

Well all I can say is that if ,in the 1960s,you had mistakenly called an Indian a Pakistani then they would have taken it as an insult. Don't know whether this still applies in 2018.

[Zacs-Master]

Nah, you didn’t Sqad, you wrote ‘what you can tell is of their skin is black and if it is then then they emanate from the subcontinent’

Are you now saying you made a mistake in saying this?

[Sqad]

Zac

" ‘what you can tell is of their skin is black and if it is then then they emanate from the subcontinent’ "

Correct...........emanate.

"Are you now saying you made a mistake in saying this?"

No........I can't see your point.

I am say. just to reiterate as i am trying to watch rugby league on TV, that.......IF YOU HAVE A BLACK SKIN, THEN YOU ARE A BLACK.

[anotheoldgit]

THECORBYLOON
/// SQAD, ANOTHEOLDIT asked,"Can't you tell a person who is from the Indian sub-continent or one that was born here?" ///

/// That's why Naga Munchetty was mentioned. ///

There are always going to be borderline cases, due to interbreeding or from the differences between certain areas of continents or sub-continents.
But generally one should be able to tell the difference between the Indian racial features, Black features and Chinese features, apparently ummmm can't.

[Zacs-Master]

Sqad, if two or even three generations of black people are born and living in a certain country, then they can’t be said to ‘emanate’ from anywhere but that country. Next time you meet a black person of such pedigree, try asking them what it’s like to emanate from India or Africa or wherever you assume their lineage to have originated. See what reaction you get.

[Zacs-Master]

‘But generally one should be able to tell the difference between the Indian racial features, Black features and Chinese features, apparently ummmm can't‘

Jesus H Christ. Hand me that shovel before you bury yourself, AOG.

[Sqad]

Zac

"Sqad, if two or even three generations of black people are born and living in a certain country, then they can’t be said to ‘emanate’ from anywhere but that country."

I disagree.

" Next time you meet a black person of such pedigree, try asking them what it’s like to emanate from India or Africa or wherever you assume their lineage to have originated"

I cannot conceive that situation ever arising, as my comments are for this particular thread only.

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

/// Once again, how do you tell that a person is from India or elsewhere? ///

No back peddling by me I assure you.

Is it the heat or are you letting the kids play on your computer while they are out of school?

/// How do you tell that a person is from India or elsewhere ///

Well there are plenty of them about, your curry takeaways, the corner shop or those praying in the local Mosque, I am sure that they or their forefathers originate from the Indian Sub-Continent.

[Zacs-Master]

Your disagreeing rather reinforces my point about your anachronistic attitude in the 21st century, Sqad. You must have worked with countless second and third generation black people who would be very upset to hear that you don’t consider them British.
Your comments have slightly shocked me if I’m honest. I thought such attitudes had died out along with the last century.

[Zacs-Master]

AOG, thanks for confirming your bigotry and xenophobia in such a concise statement. You really are unbelievable.

[Sqad]

Zac.....

"You must have worked with countless second and third generation black people who would be very upset to hear that you don’t consider them British."

I have indeed, i have many black friends and i have never said that I don't consider them British.......take it easy my friend.
Show mw where i have said that i do not consider them British.